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Netanyahu Seeking Law to Declare “Israel” As Jewish State

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"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would seek a new law declaring the so-called "Israel" a Jewish state, a move rejected by Palestinian leaders in the peace talks that recently collapsed and opposed by his own "justice" minister Tzipi Livni, as Reuters reported on Thursday.

"I will promote a Basic Law that will define ‘Israel' as the nation-state of the Jewish people," Netanyahu said in a speech in Tel Aviv that alluded to Palestinian rejection of his demand to recognize the Zionist entity as such in the U.S.-backed negotiations.

Netanyahu reportedly said such a law would "legally anchor" "Israel" as "the nation-state of the Jewish people," but the "Israeli" Haaretz daily reported that Livni vowed to resist what she said was, "the damaging, weakening or subjugating of ["Israel's"] democratic values to its Jewish values."

Palestinians fear this label would lead to discrimination against the entity's sizeable Arab minority, which makes up a fifth of its population, and negate any right of return of Palestinian refugees from wars since 1948 to what is now named so-called "Israel."

Netanyahu, speaking in the hall where the Zionist so-called "Declaration of Independence" [al-Nakba] was signed in 1948, said those seeking the creation of a Palestinian state, while refusing to recognize the Zionist entity as a Jewish nation, were challenging its right to exist.

In lieu of a formal constitution, a series of Basic Laws adopted by parliament since the foundation of the Zionist entity defines governmental, legislative and judicial powers, protects civil rights and codifies Jerusalem's internationally disputed status as the country's capital.

A Zionist official said that a new Basic Law declaring the Zionist entity a Jewish state would largely be symbolic. "It is declaration to show that this is part of our national ethos," he said.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team