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>>Proponents say the law helps ensure Israel's security and maintains its "Jewish character". >What the fuck? Why all the outrage? Should France not maintain
by xdennis 5y ago
>>Proponents say the law helps ensure Israel's security and maintains its "Jewish character".
>What the fuck?
Why all the outrage? Should France not maintain it's French character?
- simiones 5y agoNo, and France does not have any laws whatsoever protecting its French character in this sense. The Jewish character of Israel does not refer to cultural character, but to ethno-relgious character. Israel very explicitly accepts democracy only insofar as it doesn't lead to Israel being led by people who are not ethnically and/or religiously Jewish. The only other countries on Earth today that have anything similar to this type of language and laws are Hungary and, to a lesser extent, Russia (which both offer passports to foreign nationals of hungarian/russian ethnicity, for example).