The Israeli parliament approved the disputed Jewish national law

According to the government, the law pbaded early Thursday morning will simply define the current character of the state of Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the project "The Historical Background of Zionism and the State of Israel".

"Israel is a national nation of the Jewish nation, respecting the rights of all its citizens," he said. – I repeat that it is our state. Jewish state. "

" Recently, there have been people who have tried to destabilize it and thus destabilize the foundations of our existence and our rights, "added the Prime Minister .– So today, we put the law in stone.It is our country.It is our language.It is our hymn and it is our flag.State of the situation in Israel

Critics of this bill have criticized the fact that the law discriminates against Israeli Arabs living in the country 20 percent, removes the status of the official language of the state of the Arabic language up to now and replace it with "extraordinary".

The law was approved by 62 members of the Knesset, 55 voted against and two other abstentions. described as "the fundamental law", which gives it quasi-constitutional status.

of a few hours of night reading, lawmakers actively participated in heated debate and pbadionately expressed their opinions

Ayman Odeh, president of the United Arab Emirates Alliance, issued a black flag.

"It's a bad law," he told lawmakers, adding that "a black flag is floating on him."

"Today, I will have to tell my children and all the children of Palestinian Arab cities that this state has declared that we do not need it here – A.Odeh took the After the vote – She accepted the law of Jewish supremacy and told us that we will always be detached citizens. "

Benny Begin, son of Menachemo Begin, leader of the former Israeli prime minister, B. Netanyahu, Likud, abstained. He warned of the growing gap in the party with human rights.

"This decision is not as expected from the Likud leadership," he said. Eugene Kontorovich, head of international law at the Kohelet Policy Forum at the Jerusalem Conservative Research Center, defended this law arguing that it "resembles the provisions of many constitutions in the West that provide the official language". or a national character that reflects the majority of the population. According to E. Kontorovich, the "artificial resentment" of this law is "merely an attempt to further isolate the Jewish state and apply it to double standards."

The American Jewish Organization also expresses its disagreement with this law.The group representing the diaspora said it was "deeply disappointed" and added that the law "jeopardizes the commitment of the Israeli founders to create a country to both Jewish and democratic. "Jeremy Ben Ami, chairman of the Washington-based liberal lobbying organization J Street, said the purpose of the law was" to send a message to the Arab community, to the LGBT community and other Israeli communities. "

Jewish ties to Israel and the world are based on the values ​​that Israel is both a Jewish state and a democratic state," said Mr. Ben Ami. He also expressed his concern that this law could "weaken Israeli democracy".

However, lawmakers removed most of the controversial clauses that were to legalize the creation of Jewish communities

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On Saturday, a large number of people came to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest a discriminatory law in their eyes.