With the Nation-State Law, Israel’s religious right is deciding who is a Jew
Israel s Nation-State Law does not see Judaism as a diverse religion, but as an identity that guarantees supremacy over other people including other Jews.
Orthodox Jews participate in a Sukkot prayer at the Or Pashut synagogue, in the northern Israeli community of Kadita, near Safed, Sept. 26, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)
Israel’s Supreme Court is expected to hold its first hearing on 15 petitions against the Jewish Nation-State law this week. Passed in July 2018, the Basic Law, which officially defines Israel as the exclusive national homeland of the Jewish people, is increasingly being used to dispossess Palestinian citizens and exclude their language and culture from Israeli society.