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The Church seemed to take particular issue with the lack of mention of Arab Israelis—only referring to “Palestinian citizens of Israel”—saying they “are flagrantly excluded from the law.”
Despite criticism slamming the law as anti-minority and racist, chairman of the Druze Zionist Council supports it, saying Israel is the best country for Druze.
Government rushes to mollify Druze community after leaders file a petition against the law, calling it an “extreme act of discrimination” against minorities in Israel.
Education Minister and Jewish Home Party leader Naftali Bennett said the nation-state law “deeply hurt” the Druze community, an ethno-religious minority group in Israel, adding that the government must “find a way to heal this wound.”
Titled “Ending Church Complicity in the Occupation,” the measure was initially approved by the House of Deputies in the church, one of the legislative houses of the bicameral General Convention, but was later rejected by the House of Bishops during the church’s triennial convention in Austin, Texas.
In addition to anti-Israel resolutions, this year’s main gathering featured a verbal attack on a Palestinian human-rights activist who condemned the one-sided resolutions being considered against the Jewish state.
“Israel is the innovation nation, and I’m very happy to see that the Arab countries and many Muslim countries getting closer to Israel,” said the Israeli premier. “I hope that we have some movement with Indonesia.”
Despite a marathon of fasting that makes managing a daily routine extremely difficult, nearly 400 Muslim volunteers for United Hatzalah respond to emergency calls every day.
The decision was made after children were photographed at a Turkish-funded mosque playing dead, saluting Turkish flags and re-enacting the Battle of Gallipoli, the only major battle won by the Ottoman Empire in World War I.
Jews in France and elsewhere in Europe now face not only traditional anti-Semitism from the far-right, but also from far-left parts of European society and from Muslim immigrant communities. The focal point is a “biased view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
Josh Reinstein, director of Knesset Christian Allies Caucus, said “when people take their biblical faith and take it into political action, there is nothing we cannot accomplish.”
“Things have changed in the White House. Things have changed in America. It is a new day,” said Pastor Mario Bramnick, president of the Latino Coalition for Israel.
