A controversial law explicitly defining the country as the National Homeland of the jewish people the measure downgrades arabic which has long been an official language of power with hebrew opponents to the law denounced it as racist discriminatory and antidemocratic israel is about twenty five percent not jewish. Facebook c. E. O. Mark zuckerberg has backtracked on comments he made about allowing holocaust deniers to post their beliefs to the platform after a backlash on social media zuckerberg whos jewish said that any post advocating violence or hate against a group would be removed. And nordic heat wave is fueling dozens of wildfires in sweden authorities are struggling to contain the blazes burning mostly in central and western regions many countries including italy france and norway have sent helicopters and planes to help downs the flames. Israels Prime Minister says this is a democracy and the majority has spoken arab israeli lawmakers say israels new nation state law is racist and the death of the countrys democracy the new law gives jews in israel a unique right to national selfdetermination elevates hebrew above arabic as the National Language and that says it doesnt i feel gaelic in berlin this is the day. Of those three years ago the majority has rights and the majority decides you can absolutely jordy wants to ensure our states jewish character for generations to come