But half of the Arabs under Israeli control are not citizens. As for those who are, the Jewish parties have an unspoken agreement that they will not rely on the Arabs in parliament for a majority to form a government. They are thus blocked from any real influence in the government. Let’s not pretend that even the Israeli Arabs enjoy equal rights with Jews.
See my post 18. Israeli muslim Arabs and Christians and Hindus and... have full and equal rights with Israeli Jews. And, yes, noncitizens do not have the same rights are citizens. This is the case in every nation in the world. Sorry to dispel your fantasy.
**Let’s not pretend that even the Israeli Arabs enjoy equal rights with Jews.**
People are either unaware of or choose to gloss over the Nation State Law passed in Israel in July 2028. It is now the defining definition of the State of Israel in the Basic Law (the closest thing to a constitution in Israel). Notably, the new law does not include guarantees and protections for minority, non-Jewish rights:
Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People
1 — Basic principles
A. The land of Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people, in which the State of Israel was established.
B. The State of Israel is the national home of the Jewish people, in which it fulfills its natural, cultural, religious and historical right to self-determination.
C. The right to exercise national self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people.
More: https://www.timesofisrael.com/final-text-of-jewish-nation-state-bill-set-to-become-law/
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The Prime Minster’s reaction:
“We enshrined in law the basic principle of our existence,” said Netanyahu. “This is our state — the Jewish state. In recent years there have been some who have attempted to put this in doubt, to undercut the core of our being. Today we made it law: This is our nation, language and flag.”
The Joint Arab List:
The most withering criticism came from the Joint (Arab) List, which called the law “anti-democratic, colonialist, racist and with clear characteristics of apartheid.”
“The law has no mention of the word democracy or the word equality, and is wholly committed to brutish emphasis of ethnic supremacy, leaving no doubt that there are two types of citizenship — first-rate ones for Jews and second-rate ones for Arabs,” it said.