▲ | CalChris 12 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Basic Law (their Constitution) of Israel defines it as a Jewish state. Its first page says:
Not irrespective of religion, exclusive to the Jewish People. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | spwa4 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
If you have a problem with laws defining this sort of thing, you're going to have problems with the constitution of any muslim-majority country. Including ... of course Palestine. Hamas/Gaza: “The Day of Judgement will not come about until Moslems fight Jews and kill them. Then the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will cry out: O’ Moslem, there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him,” And the west bank's government pays pensions according to how many Jews you hurt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Authority_Martyrs_... (No worries the "parliamentary democracy" that the WB is - hah! - promises to stop that now. Well, except for the payments) But this is a general problem with all muslim-majority nations. Take an extremely moderate one - Morocco - defines itself as: "A sovereign Muslim State, attached to its national unity and to its territorial integrity, the Kingdom of Morocco intends to preserve," | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | samjones33 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
I think you have not paid attention to European and Middle Eastern countries. They are all ethno states. The very concept "nation-state" is an alignment of "ethnic tribe" with "political borders" You might want to hit a history book or two. In this regard, Israel is more normal and places like the U.S. are abnormal. (Once you get outside the U.S....) |