Language:
English
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
Defining Israel; the Jewish State, Democracy, and the Law
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2018) 233-240
Keywords:
Nation-state
;
Zionism
;
Jews Identity
Abstract:
The controversy over the Basic Law: Israel – The Nation-State of the Jewish People (hereinafter: “the nation-state law”) revolves mainly around its content. The questions raised in the debate are, for example: does the law discriminate against non-Jewish Israelis (mainly the significant indigenous Arab minority)? Or, will this law reshape the relations between Israeli and non-Israeli Jews?I wish, however, to elaborate on preliminary questions: Do we need this law? Do Israelis need to enshrine Israel’s Jewish character in their laws? Is it wise to do so? Following Lilienblum, Herzl, Jabotinsky, and Ben-Gurion, I answer with an emphatic “no!”
DOI:
10.2307/j.ctvd7w82b.16
URL:
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