Nation-state bill
Grapevine: A faux pas or a snub?
Lion acknowledged the presence of each as well as of city council members Hagit Moshe and Laura Wharton, who had been a thorn in the side of Lion’s predecessor, Nir Barkat.
No, Aharon Barak does not oppose Israel’s Nation-State Law
Ouch! The Nation-State Law and the Druze
Israeli Arabs want to set July 19 as Apartheid Day
President Rivlin and Attorney General join against nation-state bill
Diaspora leaders set to join fight, too
Netanyahu's nation-state bill harms diaspora in deal with ultra-Orthodox
The old draft said “the state will take action to maintain the connection between the state and the Jewish people wherever they are.” The new one replaced “wherever they are" with "in the Diaspora."
New law permits PM to declare war by himself
Critics attacked the consolidation of power in the prime minister's hands.
Survey: Israeli Arab-Jewish relations rapidly deteriorating
Fewer Jews say they are ready to have Arab neighbors and fewer Arabs are accepting of Israel as a state with a Jewish majority.
‘Jewish law’ clause dropped from nation-state bill
The draft still includes a clause that demotes Arabic from being an official language to being one with "special status."
Whither the nation-state law?
European MPs: Jewish nation-state bill legalizes ‘systemic discrimination’
Members of European Parliament from across political spectrum come out against EU funding for BDS.
Jewish nation-state bill runs into trouble with exclusionary towns clause
The 'separate communities' clause in the bill says that ''the state has the right to allow a community, including of one religion or nationality to establish a separate communal town.”
Revised nation-state bill deals with Jewish-democratic imbalance concerns
Some worry that in its current version, the nation-state bill could put religious law ahead of the laws passed by the Knesset.
Harmful revolution: the Nation-State bill's assault on equality
Should it pass, the bill will become the most important piece of legislation in the entire canon of Israeli law, on both a symbolic and practical level.