Sunday, March 10, 2019

Netanyahu:Israel Not a State of All Its Citizens; Asserts Israel Is Nation-State of Jewish People

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- in an apparent effort to win Israel's April 9 election -- said today (March 10, 2019) that Israel "was not a state of all its citizens" in a reference to the country's Arab population, according to the AFP (Agence France-Presse) website.

The prime minister went on to say all citizens -- including Arabs -- had equal rights, but referred to a controversial law passed last year declaring Israel the nation state of the Jewish people.

"Israel is not a state of all its citizens," Netanyahu insisted.

"According to the basic nationality law we passed, Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people -- and only it."

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