nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180727-124823-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180727s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180727-124823-0 doi eng 342 23 Navot, Suzie Author aut A new chapter in Israel’s “constitution”: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People Navot, Suzie Verfassungsblog 2018-07-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In the very last day of the Knesset’s summer session, on July 19th 2018, the Israeli Knesset passed a new Basic Law stating that Israel is the Nation State of the Jewish people. Supporters of this Basic Law claim that it simply states the obvious: Israel was established as a refuge and a homeland for the Jewish people. Still, the Basic Law is very problematic. Not because of what is included within it, but mainly for what is missing from it: the idea of a democratic state and the principle of equality. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-new-chapter-in-israels-constitution-israel-as-the-nation-state-of-the-jewish-people/ raw object