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Monday, May 29, 2017
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Monday, May 29, 2017
PM drops Arabic language article from Jewish state bill
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleChannel 2 reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin have agreed to drop the controversial article in the so-called Jewish nation-state bill that defines Hebrew as Israel’s official language and gives Arabic the lower stature of a “special status.”
The bill, which seeks to formally define Israel’s character as a Jewish nation-state in a constitution “basic law,” has drawn criticism from the left and Arab rights groups for allegedly hurting the status of Israel’s minorities and diminishing the position of Arabic in official state institutions.
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