Israel in turmoil over bill allowing Jews and Arabs to be segregated

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Israel in turmoil over bill allowing Jews and Arabs to be segregated
> Date: July 16, 2018 at 10:29:19 AM GMT+9
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> Israel in turmoil over bill allowing Jews and Arabs to be segregated
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/15/israel-turmoil-bill-allowing-jews-arabs-segregated?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B
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>       Israel is in the throes of political upheaval as the country's
>       ruling party seeks to pass legislation that could allow for
>       Jewish-only communities, which critics have condemned as the end of a
>       democratic state.  For the past half-decade, politicians have been
>       wrangling over the details of the bill that holds constitution-like
>       status and that Benjamin Netanyahu wants passed this month.  The
>       proposed legislation would allow the state to "authorise a community
>       composed of people having the same faith and nationality to maintain
>       the exclusive character of that community".  In its current state, the
>       draft would also permit Jewish religious law to be implemented in
>       certain cases and remove Arabic as an official language.
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>
> [Religion]State should never be juxtaposed. ANY country that goes down
> this sort of apartheid path -- irrespective of evil forces attacking 
> it -- does not have a right to exist in the 21st century.  Such a path will
> doom Israel.
>
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