tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437359859068435113.post6531867918928363549..comments2024-03-24T16:27:11.673+01:00Comments on Abu Pessoptimist: PLO roept Palestijnse inwoners Jeruzalem op om gemeentelijke verkiezingen te boycottenAbu Pessoptimisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717200416051685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437359859068435113.post-55054836998603863612013-10-09T09:29:36.120+02:002013-10-09T09:29:36.120+02:00Ik vond dat ook interessant. vandaar dat ik er 3 o...Ik vond dat ook interessant. vandaar dat ik er 3 oktober een stuk over maakte op mijn Engelstalige blog. http://the-pessoptimist.blogspot.nl/2013/10/israel-supreme-court-denies-existence.htmlAbu Pessoptimisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03717200416051685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8437359859068435113.post-60119255660092092332013-10-09T08:46:43.169+02:002013-10-09T08:46:43.169+02:00Israel’s spagaat?
Dit artikel, afkomstig uit WP, ...Israel’s spagaat? <br />Dit artikel, afkomstig uit WP, vond ik zelf interessant. Wellicht ook voor anderen…<br /><br />Israeli court rejects Israeli nationality, saying it could undermine Jewish character . Greg Marinovich, File/Associated Press Published: October 4<br /><br />Israel’s national population registry lists many “nationalities” and ethnicities, among them Jew, Arab, Druze and more, but one ethnicity is conspicuously absent from the list: Israeli. The Israeli Supreme Court ruled this week that residents cannot identify themselves as Israelis in the national registry because it could affect the country’s Jewish character, in court documents obtained Thursday, Oct, 3, 2013.<br />JERUSALEM — Israel’s population registry lists a slew of “nationalities” and ethnicities, among them Jew, Arab, Druse and more. But one word is conspicuously absent from the list: Israeli.<br />Residents cannot identify themselves as Israelis in the national registry because the move could have far-reaching consequences for the country’s Jewish character, the Israeli Supreme Court wrote in documents obtained Thursday.<br />The ruling was a response to a demand by 21 Israelis, most of whom are officially registered as Jews, that the court decide whether they can be listed as Israeli in the registry. The group had argued that without a secular Israeli identity, Israeli policies will favor Jews and discriminate against minorities.<br />In its 26-page ruling, the court explained that doing so would have “weighty implications” on the state of Israel and could pose a danger to Israel’s founding principle: to be a Jewish state for the Jewish people.<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-court-rejects-israeli-nationality-saying-it-could-undermine-jewish-character/2013/10/04/2a409724-2cbe-11e3-b141-298f46539716_story.html<br />Bennoreply@blogger.com