Last month, the Nation-State law enshrining the principle that Israel is the “national home of the Jewish people” became one of Israel’s Basic Laws, giving it a quasi-constitutional status. The new law, which polls indicate a majority of Israeli Jews support, has generated enormous controversy at home and abroad, alienating and angering Palestinian citizens of Israel and the Druze community with its focus on Jewish primacy. What are the consequences of the new law for comity, politics and governance in Israel? In this Ground Truth Briefing, four veteran observers of Israel’s politics and policies discuss the new law and its consequences.
