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In the controversial law, lawmakers explain that Israel is the land of the Jews, as claimed by the country's politicians since the founding of the country 70 years ago.
– We have laid down the basic principle of our existence. Israel is the nation of the Jewish people, which respects the individual rights of all citizens. It's our state, the Jewish state, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the vote, according to media reports in Israel.
Arab politicians are very critical and call for new racist and anti-democratic legislation. As a result of the law, Arabic, which has until now been one of the official languages, has a lower legal status and Jewish symbols have become symbols of the state's statehood. # 39; Israel.
– For many in Israel, this is not strange. Not for the Jewish majority, but for the Arab minority, it's different. They do not have this vision of a Jewish country, and they see their rights flouted, "says Anders Persson, a political scientist at Lund University, focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
We do not know what the law can mean and how it will be interpreted. Among other things, Jewish settlements are turned into a national affair, but if they also include settlements in an occupied area, a question of interpretation becomes.
– The reading of the law does not seem particularly strict. But one of the problems with the law is that there is a wide variety of vague wordings that can be interpreted
The Knesset passed the law with votes 62 for and 55 against. Two members abstained from voting
– This is an issue of Jewish majority rights over the Arab minority. A gray, democratic zone, says statesman Anders Persson.
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