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Israeli Supreme Court upholds the racist and discriminatory Jewish Nation-State Law

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Israeli Supreme Court upholds the racist and discriminatory Jewish Nation-State Law Adalah: The Law is illegitimate and violates the absolute prohibitions of international law Today, 8 July 2021, the Israeli Supreme Court in a 10 to 1 decision, upheld the 2018 Jewish Nation-State Basic Law, which enshrines Jewish supremacy and racial segregation as foundational principles…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Israel, Legal, Middle East, News, NewsWire, Palestine & Jordan, religion

Adalah heads to Supreme Court to battle Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Adalah heads to Supreme Court to battle Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law Israeli Supreme Court hearing on petitions against law is slated to kick off Tuesday morning at 9 AM; Adalah: The law’s distinct apartheid characteristics guarantee Israel’s ethnic-religious character as exclusively Jewish, while anchoring discrimination and racism against Palestinian citizens. An expanded panel of 11…

Arab World, Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, racism

Afula city council members swear to ‘preserve city’s Jewish character’

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Afula city council members swear to ‘preserve city’s Jewish character’ The Jewish Nation-State Law effect: Afula city council members swear to ‘preserve city’s Jewish character’. Adalah demands municipality immediately rescind racist oath; Adalah fears northern city ban on non-residents in public park is aimed at Arab citizens from surrounding communities. Half a year after Israel…

Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights, Features, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Press Releases, racism

UN criticizes Israel’s “Nation State Law” as “discriminatory”

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

UN criticizes Israel’s “Nation State Law” as “discriminatory” UN Special Rapporteurs give Israel 60 days to respond to ‘deep concerns’ regarding Jewish Nation-State Law. Four Special Rapporteurs express ‘deep concern’ that Nation-State Law is ‘discriminatory in nature and in practice against non-Jewish citizens and other minorities and does not apply the principle of equality between citizens,…

Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Press Releases, racism

United by strategy Palestinians could assume leadership of peace making

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 Ghassan Rubeiz No Comments

United by strategy Palestinians could assume leadership of peace making By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz Injustice towards Palestinians evolves over time. In 1948 Palestinians lost claim to full ownership of British Mandate Palestine; they then lost control of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in 1967; and in 2018 they saw end of US policy…

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Israel adopts Apartheid Law to discriminate against non-Jews

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israel adopts Apartheid Law to discriminate against non-Jews Israeli parliament votes to approve Nation-State Law that enshrines Jewish supremacy over Palestinian citizens. New Basic Law approved by a Knesset vote of 62-55 has distinct apartheid characteristics and requires racist acts as a constitutional value. Statement from Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel: The…

Arab World, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, racism