¢ A few sentences on the “nation
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¢ A few sentences on the “nation-
state law’. This is a redundant and
even harmful law. In general, and
particularly at this point. To our friends
it signals that Israel is losing its self-
confidence regarding the obvious —
namely,its unique identity as the
Jewish-democratic state as reflected by
the "Declaration of Independence".
To our enemies it provides an effective
tool to make Israel a suspect— of being
a country that's willingly drifting away
from the norms of democracy — as a
preliminary step towards
institutionalized discrimination.
And one has to wonder: what was
wrong with what we had until this
point? What's wrong with the
"Declaration of Independence"? Who
needs this? And why?
¢ Churchill once observed the
difference between an optimist and
pessimist.
The pessimist — sees the difficultly in
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