What Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on his Facebook page Sunday in response to an Instagram post by actress Rotem Sela constitutes a public admission that, thanks to the Basic Law on Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, Israel has ceased to be a democracy.
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Natalie Portman: Israel’s Nation-state Law Is ‚Racist‘ and a ‚Mistake‘
„I am not part of the BDS movement and do not endorse it. Like many Israelis and Jews around the world, I can be critical of of the leadership in Israel without wanting to boycott the entire nation.“ Portman added that she treasures „Israeli friends and family, Israeli food, books, art, cinema and dance.“
She went on to say that Israel „was created exactly 70 years ago as a haven for refugees from the Holocaust. But the mistreatment of those suffering from today’s atrocities is simply not in line with my Jewish values. Because I care about Israel, I must stand up against violence, corruption, inequality and abuse of power.“
Israeli forces attack university students rally north of Ramallah, students injured
WAFA correspondent said Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades toward the students who rallied in protest of Israel’s Nation-state Law and its planned demolition of Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin community, east of Jerusalem.
He Only Knows How to Incite
There is no limit to his demagoguery. As if this were the story; as if civil rights were conditioned on loyalty tests.
The opposition leaders in general, and Labor chairman Avi Gabbay in particular, repeatedly fall into the traps Netanyahu sets for them, allowing him to dictate the public agenda while they participate in the discourse of incitement. Instead of attacking Netanyahu for the nation-state law, the leader of the opposition finds himself babbling about the right of return, as if this is the most burning issue now.
מפגינים מתפרצים לנאומו של דיכטר
(2.8.2018)
Netanyahu on protesters waving Palestinian flags at rally: „No better testament for necessity of nation-state law“
Now: a rare site in Tel Aviv. Tens of thousands of Arabs and Jews marching together against the Jewish Nation State Law and for full civil equality. Quite uncommon to see so many Jews marching in an event organized by Arab leadership
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Joint #Jewish & #Palestinian #Israelis demonstrate against #Netanyahu’s „#Jews-Only-Nation-State-Law“ „#NationStateLaw“: 10,000s are now protesting in #TelAviv chanting: „#Jews & #Arabs refuse to be enemies.“
„T H E R E I S H O P E, hopefully“
Demonstrate With the Arabs
The demonstration called for Saturday night in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square by the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, which represents Israel’s Arab community, is the most important of all the protests that have taken place against the nation-state law. It’s also one of the most important demonstrations in Israel in the past several years.
No minority in Israel suffers as much discrimination as the Arab minority, which is also Israel’s largest minority. It is frequently the target of normalized, institutionalized racism.
Activists wave Declaration of Independence in stormy Knesset nation-state debate
In her speech, Livni railed against the right-wing government, called for early elections and said the opposition would pass the Declaration of Independence as a basic law in lieu of the nation-state law passed by the right-wing coalition on July 19.
„We ask the government and all the members of the Knesset to delete this law, not to correct this law.“ Tens of thousands of Druze protested in Israel against the country’s new nation-state law
Live picture via Haaretz of the huge demonstration in Tel-Aviv that unites both Jewish and Non-Jewish Israeli citizens against the Govt’s #NationStateLaw . Speakers are saying 100,000 people are present and that they will oppose Netanyahu until he is defeated.
(4.8.2018)
Tens Of Thousands Protest Israel’s New Jewish-Nation State Law In Tel Aviv!
Israeli-Arab Lawmaker’s Vision of Coexistence Turns Into Dark Prophecy
“Young people had hopes of being integrated, but they were cold-shouldered by the state. Now, if a continuing effort is made to push us Arabs into a corner, we will be close – heaven forbid – to a confrontation between Arabs and Jews. And now it’s not a small minority: The Arabs constitute 22 percent of the country.”
What will a confrontation like that look like?
“The Arab MKs will resign. The heads of the Arab local councils will go the headquarters of the Union of Local Authorities in Tel Aviv and give back the keys, and a civil revolt will gradually develop. I pray and hope that I am wrong, but there will be chaos and violence here. I heard that my resignation was reported on the BBC. Do you realize what will happen if all the Arab MKs resign?”
Arab lawmakers tossed out after they tear nation-state bill in protest
(19.7.2018)