Nation-State Law Privileging Jews Angers Zionist Druze
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Nation-State Law Privileging Jews Angers Israel’s Druze Citizens
JONATHAN COOK
A former Israeli Druze officer (r), dressed in half an IDF uniform, holds a banner that reads in Hebrew, “Bibi, look at the absurdity that you have created with your law,” as members of the Israeli Druze community and their supporters protest on Aug. 4 in Tel Aviv against the “Jewish nation-state law.” (JACK GUEZ/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, October 2018, pp. 12-14
The Nakba Continues
By Jonathan Cook
ISRAEL’S SMALL DRUZE COMMUNITY, long seen as “loyal” to the state, is on a collision course with the right-wing government of Binyamin Netanyahu over a new law guaranteeing superior citizenship rights for Jews, according to analysts.
Israel has traditionally...