PROUD DDS (DEEP DIVE SUPPORTER)

2. Changing Israel's constitutional and national character Under Section 3 of the Platform, From Racism to Full Equality, the Joint List advocates: A constitutional framework founded on equal citizenship regardless of national or religious affiliation. Recognition of Palestinian Arabs in Israel as an indigenous national community with collective national rights [in Israel]. Separation of religion and state. Repeal of legislation it considers to establish Jewish supremacy, particularly the Nation-State Basic Law. Now this might sound noble, except for the fact that the Joint List defines Zionism itself as racist (see Point 1). The 2018 Nation-State Basic Law establishes that national self-determination in Israel is exclusive to the Jewish people. Repealing that law and replacing its constitutional principles would materially change Israel's existing constitutional definition. There is an important qualification: advocating equal citizenship or repealing the Nation-State Law does not, by itself, necessarily entail abolishing every aspect of Israel's Jewish character. However, Balad, a constituent party of the Joint List and an explicitly Arab/Palestinian nationalist party, explicitly advocates transforming Israel into a “state of all its citizens” rather than one constitutionally defined as Jewish. en.idi.org.il/israeli-electi…