Rivlin says Jewish nation-state law 'bad for Israel and the Jewish people'

President Reuven Rivlin strongly denounces the nation-state law as “bad for Israel and bad for the Jewish people.”

Speaking at a book launch for Dr. Yoaz Hendel in Jerusalem, Rivlin says “let’s think about the day that using this law, we will define and classify our citizens. Lets think about tomorrow, whereby using this law, we will start to classify different types of Jews: Jews who are lesser and Jews who are greater.”

Rivlin also appears to level criticism against Netanyahu’s government, saying the controversial law is part of “a global phenomenon that is aimed at silencing the debate, that strives for a reality in which there are two possibilities: either you are with me or you are a traitor, an enemy.”