Israel's Nation-State Bill: A symptom or disease of Israeli democracy?
The Israeli parliament, Knesset, overnight (from 18 July to 19 July) passed the very controversial Nation-State Bill (NSB), which proclaims Israel as the national home of the Jewish people. Moreover, the Arabic language lost the status of an official language of Israel and was demoted merely to ‘special status’. In addition, NSB also proclaimed Jerusalem as a complete and united capital city of Israel and accepted the Israeli settlement policy as a core national value. The five-member…