Nation-state
Debunking myths about the “grandparent clause”
Israel’s new government is considering reforming the “grandparent clause” in the Law of Return. That original law of return was adopted in 1950 and is part of Israel’s foundational...
May 2021 Arab insurgency must be a wake-up call
In May 2021, as thousands of rockets from Hamas-controlled Gaza were fired at Israel during “Operation Guardian of the Walls,” thousands of Israel’s Arab citizens, especially in mixed cities...
New Policy Paper: Israel’s Failing Immigration Policy
The State of Israel has a clear immigration policy. It is called the Law of Return (1950). This policy stipulates that as the nation state of the Jewish people,...
The Importance of the Nation State Law
Why do we need a Nation State Law? For over 70 years, the state of Israel has been able to run its affairs successfully without the need for such...
Why All the Outrage over Israel’s Nation-State Law?
After working its way through the Knesset for years, Israel’s nation-state law, whose official title is Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, finally passed on...
The proof is in the protest
Asking demonstrators at Saturday’s so-called “protest for equality” not to wave Palestinian flags was a reasonable request, to be sure. Palestine is there, on the mountain, where demonstrators believe...
Concerned Jews of America, Here Are Answers to Your Pledge
A “Pledge” against Israel’s new nation-state law was recently put online (here) by eight organizations: T’ruah (the rabbinic call for human rights), the New Israel Fund, J-Street, Ameinu, American for Peace Now, the National Council of...
The Nation-State Law, A Constitutional Showdown With Postmodernism
It’s a painful ritual that we’ve experienced many times before. Or is this time different? Condemnations of Israel’s new Nation-State Basic Law are rolling in from the usual international...
The alternative to the nation-state law
An entire generation of legislative silence came to an end with the enactment of the nation-state law. The Knesset finally made a clear ethical statement: “The State of Israel is...