Israel Moves Closer to an Arab-free Knesset Thanks to New 'Suspension Bill'

Israel's Arabs are seeing their representatives pushed to the margins due to recent government moves. Soon they will surely ask themselves what they're doing in legislature.

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The so-called suspension bill approved Monday in its first reading by the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee sends a clear message to Israel’s Arab citizens and their representatives in the Knesset: The State of Israel is a democracy for Jews only, and anyone who thinks differently or conducts himself according to a different narrative – even if he belongs to a different people – is liable to be excluded by Israel's legislature.

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