Tuesday, May 09, 2017

A bill meant to anchor Israel’s status as a Jewish state in a Basic Law was approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday. MK Avi Dichter (Likud), who proposed the bill, called the vote “a big step toward establishing our identity, not only universally, but mainly toward ourselves, the Israelis, to be a free nation in our land,” a line from “Hatikva.”  -more