The legislation is designed to lay the groundwork for the High Court of Justice to give preference to Israel’s Jewish character over its democratic values should the two conflict in the courts.
Arab parties said that « the legislation is ‘’institutionalizing the apartheid regime’’ (…) Opposition MKs objected to the deletion of text referring to democracy and the Declaration of Independence. »
The bill would also permit Jewish-only communities, with critics in the Joint List of Arab parties saying the legislation is ‘institutionalizing the apartheid regime’
Above statements are extracts of Haaretz Article :
1948 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDANCE (extract) : The State of Israel will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions; and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
