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Lapid vows to amend Nation-State law if he remains premier after November

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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Tuesday that if he is able to form a government following the Nov. 1 election, he would modify Israel’s Nation-State law, and ensure Jews cannot pray on...
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked holds a press conference at Ben Gurion Airport, on March 13, 2022. Photo by Roy Alima/Flash90.

Israeli interior minister says she will veto any attempt to amend the Nation-State Law

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Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said on Monday that she would veto any attempt by other parties in the coalition to amend the Nation-State Law. “I recommend that my friends in the coalition stop amusing...
Shaykh Muwaffak Tarif (center), spiritual leader of the Israeli Druze community, attends a conference of the Zionist Druze Movement in Herzliya on July 16, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

‘We will not change nation-state law,’ Israel’s justice minister tells Druze

Days after former IDF chief of staff and head of the Israel Resilience Party Benny Gantz told Druze leaders that he would “change” the controversial nation-state law, which the Druze argue makes them second-class citizens,...

Presuming too much about Ze’ev Jabotinsky

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First it was Brenda Katten appearing in a column in The Jerusalem Post on Aug. 10 and then Asher Kozma, former head of Betar Australia, on Sept. 21 in that same paper. They both are quite sure what Ze’ev...
Israeli Druze attend a Druze-led rally to protest against the 'Jewish Nation-State law' in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv on Aug. 04, 2018. Tens of thousands of Israeli Druze and their supporters gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest against the 'Jewish Nation-State' law. Photo by Gili Yaari /FLASH90

Druze remain seriously upset about nation-state law, ‘increases potential for conflict’

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Israel’s new nation-state law that passed  last month has caused a great deal of controversy, particularly with Israel’s minorities and, in what came as a surprise to many, the largely pro-Israel Druze community. Israel’s minorities are upset...
Shaykh Muwaffak Tarif (center), spiritual leader of the Israeli Druze community, attends a conference of the Zionist Druze Movement in Herzliya on July 16, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

Amid recent ethnic tensions, IDF chief meets with Druze and Bedouin leaders

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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot visited the tomb of Sheikh Amin Tarif in the Druze village of Julis in Israel’s north on Friday, in honor of the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday....
Arab Israelis and activists protest in Tel Aviv against the new nation-state law on Aug. 11, 2018. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

What Palestinian flags reveal about Israel’s nation-state law

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For the second consecutive week, Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square was the site of a Saturday-night protest against Israel’s nation-state law. But the difference between the two demonstrations speaks volumes about the nature of the...
Druze men protest outside the Hafia District Court, carrying both the Druze and the Israeli flags. Photo by Flash90.

Nation State Law is a step toward apartheid

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If you’d like a comprehensive analysis of Israel’s new Nation State Law, I suggest you contact Professor Howard Adelman about his  blog (howarda72@gmail.com). If you’re prepared to settle for only a few impressions, please...
Druze men protest outside the Hafia District Court, carrying both the Druze and the Israeli flags. Photo by Flash90.

Druze protests could lead to irreversible rift with Israeli Jews, warn its elders

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It is Saturday afternoon. There are hundreds of shoppers and day-trippers in Daliyat al-Karmel and in Isfiya—two Druze villages in Israel’s north. In the past, an attempt was made to join these two villages...
Arab Knesset member Jamal Zahalka. Credit: Wikipedia.

Arab Knesset member sparks fury with map of Israel drawn as Palestinian flag

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Joint Arab List Party Knesset member Jamal Zahalka drew ire on Tuesday for a Facebook post in which he called for the “entire Palestinian nation” to stage a general strike in the coming days...