Think of it like this: when Trump was President he could have come out and said that the United States was a nation for Christians alone.
He could say it. He could get applause for it. But that wouldn’t make it true.
In law school I took an Israel-US comparative law class. Israel doesn’t have a constitution, but they do have Basic Laws which serve the same purpose. Among those laws are guarantees of equal protection regardless of religion.
So, think Israel’s PM as an Israeli Trump. He’s a dangerous, opening corrupt zealot, but he had a lot of internal opposition, and his words are not law.
First thing: the current leader of Israel has explicitly stated Israel is a state for Jews
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/11/702264118/netanyahu-says-israel-is-nation-state-of-the-jewish-people-and-them-alone
How is the current PM of Israel explicitly stating the government is just for Jews not disenfranchisement?
Second thing: there’s a difference between formal citizenship and full citizenship
https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/israel-as-an-ethnic-democracy-palestinian-citizens-and-the-fight-for-equal-rights
The fact that there is a difference precludes equality.
Think of it like this: when Trump was President he could have come out and said that the United States was a nation for Christians alone.
He could say it. He could get applause for it. But that wouldn’t make it true.
In law school I took an Israel-US comparative law class. Israel doesn’t have a constitution, but they do have Basic Laws which serve the same purpose. Among those laws are guarantees of equal protection regardless of religion.
So, think Israel’s PM as an Israeli Trump. He’s a dangerous, opening corrupt zealot, but he had a lot of internal opposition, and his words are not law.