Israel on War Alert - Operation Swords of Iron enacted, page-3089

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    Democratic Nation-State and Lack of Neutrality with Regard to National Identity
    Hayut further rejected the petitioners’ claim that the Basic Law created a preference for the state’s Jewish character as compared with its democratic character. She maintained that the Jewish “traits” of the state, such as its flag and legal emblem, Holocaust remembrance, recognition of Jerusalem as its capital, etc., had already been regulated in primary legislation and developed in court decisions rendered since the establishment of the state.
    As noted in parliamentary hearings before its adoption, the Basic Law did not introduce anything new, but “merely stated the obvious – that the State of Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people.” This was the premise on which the state was established, as enshrined in the Proclamation of Independence. Similar concepts exist in many known models of democratic nation-states that are not neutral with regard to their national identity, Hayut noted. The enactment of the Basic Law, in her opinion, did not negate the core characteristics that define Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and could not change the equal status of its Jewish and democratic identity.
    The Principle of Equality
    Hayut rejected the petitioners’ claim that the Basic Law’s omission of a commitment to equal treatment of all citizens inflicted severe harm to the democratic character of the state. She noted that the Basic Law constitutes only “one chapter of the future constitution.” The principle of maintaining equal social and political rights for all citizens, regardless of religion, race, or gender, was expressed in the state’s Proclamation of Independence, and recognized by the Supreme Court as a fundamental constitutional principle that is intertwined with Israel’s basic legal concepts.
 
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