Israel has greenlighted a national debate on a controversial bill that would anchor the apartheid state’s status as solely a Jewish one, further discriminating against Arabs and setting up a further barrier to a peace process with Palestine. Sunday saw an Israeli cabinet committee approve a revised version of a bill that was first proposed in
Israel Threatens to Legalize Apartheid, Opens Debate on Becoming Solely Jewish State
“Discrimination has received a legal stamp. The danger in this law in that it establishes two classes of citizen — Jewish and Arab,” said Ayman Odeh.