Elizabeth Barber has a
Time article about the latest out of
Jerusalem:
The Israeli Cabinet has approved a bill to call Israel the 'nation-state of the Jewish people', a measure that critics say could further strain the state’s frayed relationship with its Palestinian population.
The draft legislation, titled Israel, the Nation-State of the Jewish People, is backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo), who has promised that it will guarantee equality for all Israeli citizens, The New York Times reports. Yet Palestinian lawmakers deem the bill a threat to the rights of the state’s Arab minority and its democratic principles. The proposed law’s final wording has not yet been settled. At least one version of the draft law would demote the Arabic language to “special status” in Israel, making Hebrew the state’s sole official language.
The bill passed the Cabinet by fourteen votes to six and is now headed to Parliament.
Rico says that humming sound is
Hitler and
Yassir Arafat spinning in their graves...
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