Edited sentence: Critics argue the new law and ban are a part of an effort to discriminate against non-Jews in this northern Israeli city,.In December 2018, Israel's divisive Nation State Law which non-Jew citizens accuse of discriminating against them, allowed the Afula City Council to adopt a law that requires them to publicly "swear to preserve the city's Jewish character," and announced it would ban any non-resident of the city from entering its public parks