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1/ What every single media outlet missed about the new Jewish Nation State law:
State sanctioned discrimination?
No. That's just a byproduct.
Settlements for ethnic-Jews only?
As racist as it gets but again, that's not the issue.
State sanctioned discrimination?
No. That's just a byproduct.
Settlements for ethnic-Jews only?
As racist as it gets but again, that's not the issue.
2/ Downgrading the status of Arabic as no-longer-official-language?
Nope. لا. לא. Not that either.
There's one reason why this law is so needed by the right wing gov and that reason lays bare the only difference that exists between the right wing (explicitly racist & supremacist)
Nope. لا. לא. Not that either.
There's one reason why this law is so needed by the right wing gov and that reason lays bare the only difference that exists between the right wing (explicitly racist & supremacist)
3/ and the "left" (just as racist and supremacist, but implicitly so).
Article 1(c) of the law states the following:
"The realization of the right to national self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people" and that's what it's all about.
Article 1(c) of the law states the following:
"The realization of the right to national self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people" and that's what it's all about.
4/ While the so-called left in Israel, the implicit supremacists, desperately need to establish a Palestinian state or force an autonomy on the Palestinians in order to maintain their cherished racially-pure state - by separating from as many Palestinians as possible -
5/ the right wing, the explicit supremacists, have it much easier.
All that the honest supremacists need is to make sure that no matter what the demographics looks like, they and only they will be the masters of the land.
All that the honest supremacists need is to make sure that no matter what the demographics looks like, they and only they will be the masters of the land.
6/ In the Zionist state's framework the rights of the master race/ethnic group is enshrined within the legal distinction which is put in place for that very purpose between national and citizenship rights.
7/ What the Jewish Nation State bill says is simply this: We don't need to care about demographics any longer, once our basic law determines that only we are the masters of this entire land.
8/ All citizens will get citizenship rights and may participate in the pseudo-democratic game (as already happens with the 20% who are subjugated as 2nd class citizens under Israeli apartheid) but we and only we will have a say on political and national issues
9/ and most certainly - only we will determine the future of this state, no matter what our numbers are in society.
10/ In practice, this lays the path for easily annexing Area C or the entire West Bank without having to worry about the issue of a "demographic imbalance". It also means that Israel once again exposes its true face to the world. And that's a very good thing.
11/ No, the "Jewish and Democratic State of Israel" is no more democratic than the "People's Democratic Republic of North Korea" even though both have 'democratic' in their name.
12/ The difference is mainly that of perception - no one in their right mind treats North Korea as a democracy, but quite a few people can still keep a straight face when Israel claims to be one.
