Hundreds have paid the ultimate price for Israel, but now their sacrifices feel hollow, Marich said, because of Israel’s new nation-state law. Demonstrators protest the Jewish nation-state law on Aug. 4 in Tel Aviv. Israeli Arab politicians have said that the nation-state law simply formalizes long-standing “apartheid” policies. “But the nation-state law is different: it is part of a larger picture. This initiative would not tackle problems of those in the larger Arab Israeli population, since they are not required to do mandatory service.

Source: Washington Post September 01, 2018 15:26 UTC