
Jewish nation-state


Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Prefer a Jewish State to a Democratic One, Survey Finds
Israel Democracy Institute’s Democracy Index finds under 10 percent of respondents trust the justice system, and 82 percent believe segregation from Arabs is necessary to preserve a Jewish identity


A Scion of Zionist Aristocracy Wants to Quit the Jewish People. Will Israel Let Him?
Why Avraham Burg, who has served as Knesset speaker, interim president and head of the Jewish Agency, is asking Israel to annul his registration as a Jew

Opinion Is 'Jewish' a Nationality or Religion? Inside Israel's Fierce, Bitter Debate About Identity
How one man’s quest, half a century ago, for the right to define his own family’s identity unwittingly set up a momentous clash between Israel’s secular and religious power centers, changed the Law of Return and still fuels conflict over who is a Jew



High Court Hears 15 Petitions Against Controversial Nation-State Law in Live Broadcast
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: this hearing illustrates why we need judicial reform ■ Knesset speaker and Attorney General oppose the hearing, claiming it threatens the separation of powers



Attorney General: Citing Israel's Nation-state Law in Ruling on Busing Arab Kids Was Flawed
Two siblings asked the city of Carmiel to reimburse their daily travel expenses to and from Arabic-language schools outside of the town, which has no such schools

Israel's Nation-state Law Shouldn't Harm non-Jews' Rights, Lawmakers Told After Court Ruling
Justice Ministry tells Knesset panel the contentious piece of legislation wasn't meant to affect individual rights, following recent court decision that cited the law to reject Arab children’s petition – which the High Court will now hear

Gantz's Party Mulls Altering ‘Equality Bill,' Preventing National Self-determination of non-Jews
The equality bill was one of Benny Gantz’s campaign promises to Israel’s Arabs following to the passage of the controversial nation-state law




Israel’s Attorney General Against High Court Intervention in Contentious Nation-state Law
As petitions challenge law starting self-determination in Israel is unique to Jewish people, Mendelblit says court has never overturned quasi-constitutional basic laws



Gantz's Party Seeks New Civil Rights Legislation Ahead of Possible Election
Kahol Lavan plans to make bid to chalk up legislative achievements, deliver on election promise to moderate nation-state law as it faces prospective coalition collapse

The Case for Nationalism, by the Israeli Credited With Shaping Trump's Foreign Policy
Viktor Orban has hosted him, one of his books is de rigueur in the Trump White House. How Jerusalem-based Yoram Hazony, an archconservative theoretician, became the house intellectual of the world’s nationalistic circles

Israeli Legislator Invokes Nation-state Law in Bid to Block Palestinian Family Unification
Committee chief Zvi Hauser says Israel is ‘entitled to enact a law preventing the entry of subjects of a hostile entity’

Analysis Gantz-Netanyahu Gov't May Be Stable, but Will Struggle to Keep Election Promises
Gantz has to neglect law barring an indicted lawmaker from assembling a coalition, but his veto privileges as deputy PM will probably hold back a wave of right-wing legislation


'Druze Tel Aviv' in Northern Israel Rebrands Itself as a Thriving Cultural Hub
Once priding in high army enlistment rates, Daliat al-Carmel now wants to showcase its artistic scene




Israel's Civics Exam to Require Students to Memorize Controversial Nation-state Law
Meanwhile, the concept of a multicultural state, which appears in the curriculum, will not be studied for the next two years