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Racial Loyalty News => General News => Topic started by: Rev.Cambeul on Sat 30 Mar 2013
Israel to Define Itself as 'National State of Jewish People' - Despite Arab Population
The Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) (Britain)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9935954/Israel-to-define-itself-as-national-state-of-Jewish-people-despite-Arab-population.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9935954/Israel-to-define-itself-as-national-state-of-Jewish-people-despite-Arab-population.html)
Israel's new government plans to pass a controversial new law defining the country as a "national state of the Jewish people" despite the presence of 1.5 million Arabs within its borders. The move is likely to be denounced as weakening Israel's democratic principles while triggering accusations of official discrimination against Arabs, who form around 20 per cent of the population ... It also strictly defined the country's flags, emblems and national anthem while requiring the state to promote Jewish settlement in all areas. No such requirement applied to other groups. [more ... (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9935954/Israel-to-define-itself-as-national-state-of-Jewish-people-despite-Arab-population.html)]
US Jewish Groups Push For Illegal Immigrants' 'Path to Citizenship'
JTA (http://www.thejewishweek.com/) (New York)
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/breaking-news/wide-range-jewish-groups-urge-faster-path-citizenship (http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/breaking-news/wide-range-jewish-groups-urge-faster-path-citizenship)
An array of Jewish groups urged President Obama and Congress to ease the path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Nineteen national groups and dozens of local groups and clergy signed on to a letter sent last Friday ... Signatories represented all four major Jewish religious streams as well as the major Jewish civil rights groups, and the federation and public policy umbrellas ... It calls for legislation that "brings undocumented immigrants out of the shadows by providing a pathway to citizenship ..." [more ... (http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/breaking-news/wide-range-jewish-groups-urge-faster-path-citizenship)]