Book contents
- The Legality of a Jewish State
- The Legality of a Jewish State
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- United Nations Entities
- Abbreviations
- Frontispiece
- Part I Battalions or Barristers
- Part II A Pair of Godfathers
- Part III A Flight from Justice
- Part IV From the Ashes of War
- Part V Whose State?
- Part VI Jewish Statehood on the Ground
- Part VII Legitimacy in the New Century
- 28 Israel in the United Nations
- 29 Israel as a Nation State of the Jewish People
- 30 Israel and Anti-Semitism
- 31 Israel in Court?
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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
- The Legality of a Jewish State
- The Legality of a Jewish State
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- United Nations Entities
- Abbreviations
- Frontispiece
- Part I Battalions or Barristers
- Part II A Pair of Godfathers
- Part III A Flight from Justice
- Part IV From the Ashes of War
- Part V Whose State?
- Part VI Jewish Statehood on the Ground
- Part VII Legitimacy in the New Century
- 28 Israel in the United Nations
- 29 Israel as a Nation State of the Jewish People
- 30 Israel and Anti-Semitism
- 31 Israel in Court?
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
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 StateA Century of Debate over Rights in Palestine, pp. 245 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021