Former police top brass: Amend nation-state law over Druze treatment

Eight former Israel Police commissioners and some 70 retired deputy commissioners send a letter to cabinet ministers demanding that they amend the nations-state law over its treatment of the Druze community.

In the letter, the officers assert that “during the years of our service, we commanded, fought and served alongside thousands of officers and fighters in the Border Police” who are members of the Druze and other non-Jewish communities, “defending the country, keeping the public peace and safeguarding the rule of law.”

“We call on cabinet members to amend the nation-state law so that it gives appropriate expression to the status of the [Druze] community, so that it is identical to the rights that the law grants us as the people of this land,” they say.