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Israel's Parliament passes 'Jewish Nation State' bill; Netanyahu says defining moment

| @indiablooms | Jul 19, 2018, at 02:04 pm

Jerusalem, July 19 (IBNS): Amid another controversy, the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) has passed the 'Jewish Nation Bill', thus, officially making it an exclusively Jewish state.

The bill, which downgrades Arabic as an official language, incurred the wrath of Israeli Arab MPs, however, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called it a watershed moment in the country's history.

"Israel is the historic homeland of the Jewish people and they have an exclusive right to national self-determination in it," the bill says.

It was passed with 62 MPs voting for it, while, 55 went against.

Following the event, Arab MP Ahmed Tibi termed it as 'the death of democracy'. It has also come under criticism from Adalah, an NGO which looks after rights of Arab people.

It said that the bill advanced 'ethnic superiority by promoting racist policies'. 

Israel's 9 million population consists of about 20 percent Arabs.

 
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