Nazi Knesset rejects bill to ‘maintain equal rights amongst all its citizens’
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Israeli Knesset rejects bill to ‘maintain equal rights amongst all its citizens’
Yossi Gurvitz
Mondo Weis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid (Photo: EPA/Abir Sultan)
The Knesset voted down today, by a margin of 71-38, the Basic Law: Equality bill, tabled by MK Mossi Raz (Meretz). The text of the bill was clear and concise: “The State of Israel shall maintain equal political rights amongst all its citizens, without any difference between religions, race and sex.” This is a direct quote from Israel’s Declaration of Independence.
Following the resignation of Defense Minister Lieberman a few weeks back, the governing coalition has a razor-thin margin of one vote: it controls 61 one votes out of 120. However, the coalition enjoyed the support of Yesh Atid, ...