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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Jewish state

Balad party head Sami Abu Shehadeh speaks at an Central Elections Committee meeting against disqualifying Balad from running in the upcoming elections, September 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 30, 2022, 1:19 pm
Balad to meet to consider boycotting elections after being disqualified
Party has been disqualified by past elections panels and has so far won every appeal to Supreme Court; Meretz petitions court over failure to bar Idit Silman from Likud run
By Tobias Siegal and Carrie Keller-Lynn
President Reuven Rivlin pictured at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on January 6, 2020. (Flash90)
February 2, 2020, 12:43 pm
Rivlin chides Abbas for claiming Russian, Ethiopian immigrants aren’t Jews
President says ‘nobody’ will change Israel’s Jewish and democratic character, after PA chief said he wouldn’t recognize Jewish state; Liberman uses remark to assail ultra-Orthodox
By Michael Bachner
Aharon Leshno-Yaar (Courtesy / Foreign Ministry)
September 18, 2018, 2:33 am
Envoy said to ask to be introduced as ‘Representative of Jewish State of Israel’
Ambassador to EU, NATO, Aharon Leshno-Yaar says request to European Jewish communal group was sent in error by secretary
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an annual event for foreign journalists in Jerusalem, January 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 31, 2018, 2:30 pm
Netanyahu’s new nation-state law doesn’t even serve his own stated goals for it
The vaguely formulated law does nothing practically to help guarantee Israel as a Jewish state, but it does risk making Israel less democratic
By Raphael Ahren
Former MK Einat Wilf in Jerusalem, May 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 30, 2018, 2:31 am
A self-declared leftist wages war on the Palestinian ‘right of return’
In new book, ex-Labor MK Einat Wilf says the refugee ethos is the biggest obstacle to peace. She blames the international community, the Israeli government and the IDF
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: Israelis wave Israeli flags as they parade around Jerusalem's Old City on May 24, 2017, to commemorate Jerusalem Day, marking the reunification of the city following the Six Day War of 1967. (AFP PHOTO / Menahem KAHANA)
July 26, 2018, 7:40 pm
Jewish? Democratic? Nation-state law raises questions over Israel’s purpose
While critics accuse the government of denying the existence of the Arab minority, others say newly adopted legislation merely states the obvious
By Charles Dunst
Illustrative: The Knesset, Israel's parliament building in Jerusalem. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
July 18, 2018, 2:45 pm
Final text of Jewish nation-state law, approved by the Knesset early on July 19
The ‘Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People,’ passed by 62-55, with two abstentions
By Raoul Wootliff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) is welcomed by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini prior to attending a EU foreign affairs council at the European Council in Brussels, January 22, 2018. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
May 3, 2018, 6:27 pm
When the NY Times says Abbas is no partner, something fundamental is shifting
World response to PA head’s vile speech shows a growing awareness that peace requires Palestinian recognition of Jewish rights here. That’s not to say Israel will get a free pass
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinians wave Hamas flags as they celebrate the prisoner swap deal reached between Israel and Hamas in East Jerusalem. Oct 18, 2011.(Kobi Gideon / Flash90)
April 29, 2018, 6:41 pm
Hamas slams German parliament for endorsing Israel as Jewish state
Bundestag pro-Israel resolution, passed with overwhelming majority, ‘destabilizes the region and the world,’ terror group says
By Raphael Ahren
Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls speaks during the 6th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism at the Jerusalem Convention Center, March 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 30, 2018, 10:47 am
France must ‘make an example’ of anti-Semites, former PM urges
Manuel Valls calls for tougher implementation of anti-hate laws, distances himself from last year’s Paris peace summit, says Jerusalem is Israel’s capital
By Raphael Ahren
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gestures as he delivers a speech over US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Gaza City, December 7, 2017. (Said Khatib/AFP)
December 23, 2017, 6:29 pm
Hamas leader claims US may recognize Israel as a Jewish state
US recognized Israel as a Jewish state in 1948; no indication Trump plans new declaration; Hamas continues to press for violent response to US recognition of Jerusalem as capital
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Knesset, Israel's parliament building in Jerusalem. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 1:35 pm
Full text of MK Avi Dichter’s 2017 ‘Jewish State’ bill
The latest version of the proposed ‘Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People’
By Raoul Wootliff
An Israeli flag at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 24, 2017. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 1:08 pm
Author of controversial ‘Jewish State’ bill insists it’s unprejudiced and fair
Avi Dichter has been working for six years on legislation to define Israel as a Jewish state. Now, with government backing, he says he’s certain it will pass — to Israel’s abiding benefit
By Raoul Wootliff
An Iranian military truck with a picture of President Hassan Rouhan carries a rocket and displays a banner reading "Death to Israel" during a parade marking the country's National Army Day, in Tehran, April 18, 2017. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
April 18, 2017, 8:03 pm
Iran shows off new air defense systems, declares ‘Death to Israel’
At annual military parade, banners displayed alongside various offensive and defensive weapons call for end of Jewish state
By ToI Staff and AFP
Then President Barack Obama meets with then President-elect Donald Trump to update him on transition planning in the Oval Office at the White House on November 10, 2016 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Jim Watson)
January 10, 2017, 4:16 pm
Barely a fifth of Jewish Israelis think Obama was friendly to Israel, poll shows
69% of Jewish Israelis believe Trump will be favorably inclined, while only 22% think outgoing US president was
By ToI Staff
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