Israel’s Nation State Law

In Israel’s Declaration of Independence, Israel promises “complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.”, in the face of that Israel’s Nation State Law is declarative of Israel’s Jewish nature and does not at all affect the equal rights of all its non-Jewish citizens.

Legislators proposed the Nation State Law in 2011 in response to internal and external challenges to Israel’s identity as the Jewish state. Three Arab Knesset members had proposed a bill that would transform Israel into a binational state, end the Law of Return, and eliminate her Jewish symbols. ‘Post-Zionists’ within Israel sought to eliminate references to Israel’s Jewish culture and history. Palestinians and their supporters refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Electoral considerations were also potentially relevant to the timing; Benjamin Netanyahu’s supporters were in favor of the Nation State Law.

Full text of the Nation State Law https://www.timesofisrael.com/final-text-of-jewish-nation-state-bill-set-to-become-law/