Language:
English
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
Defining Israel; the Jewish State, Democracy, and the Law
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2018) 127-144
Keywords:
Nation-state
;
Democracy
;
Jews Identity
;
National characteristics, Israeli
Abstract:
The text of the Basic Law: Israel – The Nation-State of the Jewish People existed for a long time in a molten state, gestating, periodically hardened by populist polemics and softened by political compromise. At least eight versions of the bill were submitted to the Knesset since 2011, in addition to the one passed into law in July 2018. While the details vary, the key assertions remain constant: The State of Israel is to be understood primarily as the expression of the political will of the Jewish people. The Jewish nature of the state is to be expressed in its...
DOI:
10.2307/j.ctvd7w82b.8
URL:
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