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Zouheir Bahloul, of the opposition Zionist Union party, said during a television show on Israeli channel Reshet TV that he did not want to have to tell his grandson that he was remained a member of parliament after last week's vote on this controversial law, passed with the support of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu.
This legislation "formally withdraws the Arab population from the path of equality in Israel", a- he said in Hebrew. "Should I legitimize this racist, extremist and destructive parliament? "
million. Bahloul indicated that his resignation would take effect at the return of parliament in September.
Several critics of this law, which falls into the category of fundamental laws serving as Constitution in Israel, have already described it as "racist", and Israeli Arab deputies have torn copies of them even in Parliament after its adoption
Israeli Arabs are the descendants of Palestinians who remained on their lands when Israel was created in 1948. They represent 17.5% of the population. Israeli population, overwhelmingly Jewish, claim to be victims of discrimination.
The Druze Israeli community – 130,000 people living mainly in northern Israel – has also asked the Supreme Court to rule on this legislation, which makes them "second-class citizens" according to Druze rulers
Druze, who speak Arabic and profess a faith iss of a very heterodox Islam, perform their compulsory military service and serve in the Israeli army, unlike Israeli Arabs.
On Friday, Mr. Netanyahu met with the spiritual leader Druze Sheikh Mouafak Tarif and the General in Retirement Amal Assad, Druze too.
Discussions with this community will continue, assured the office of the Prime Minister.
Two Israeli ministers recently called to amend the law to take into account members of the Druze minority
The law also proclaims that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, including the eastern part of the city, annexed and occupied by the Jewish state. The international community has never recognized the annexation of East Jerusalem.
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