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Israel’s Nation-State Law also discriminates against Mizrahi Jews

[email protected] January 3, 2019 apartheid, arabic language, discrimination, mizrahi, mizrahim, nation-state law, zionism

Mizrahi academics and activists demand Israel’s High Court strike down the Jewish Nation-State Law, saying it erases their cultural legacy and perpetuates injustices against both them and Palestinian citizens of Israel. As of 2005, 61% of Israeli Jews were of full or partial Mizrahi ancestry.

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“Making Israel Great Again”? – Nation-State Law emboldens Jewish extremists

[email protected] August 27, 2018 incitement, mizrahi, racism, vigilante, yair alaluf, zionism

Israel has for years been guilty of detention, mass incarceration, targeting one group while letting another off scot-free. But since the passage of the Nation-State Law, extremists are emboldened in a new way that eerily resembles White-Privilege-MAGA-USA. (Both Israel and the US should be disgusted by the comparison.)

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