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29 - Israel as a Nation State of the Jewish People

from Part VII - Legitimacy in the New Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2021

John Quigley
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
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In 2018, the nature of Israel as a state received further elaboration in law adopted by Israel’s Knesset titled Israel –The Nation State of the Jewish People. This law declared Israel to be “the nation state of the Jewish People.” The law was designated as a “basic law,” meaning that it held constitutional rank. The law declared “the development of Jewish settlement as a national value.” The law was criticized for excluding Israel’s Arab population from the country’s political constituency by declaring that Israel was the nation state of the Jewish people only. The law was also criticized for declaring settlement as a “national value,” since settlement in occupied territory is prohibited by international humanitarian law.

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The Legality of a Jewish State
A Century of Debate over Rights in Palestine
, pp. 245 - 248
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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