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Approval of 'Jewish state' law slammed
(MENAFN- Arab News) RAMALLAH: The Palestinian leadership on Tuesday slammed the Israeli government's approval of a law determining the country's status as the national Jewish homeland saying it 'killed' Middle East peace prospects.
The Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee expressed in a statement its 'strong condemnation and rejection of this law.'
'The law aims to kill the two-state solution by imposing the project of a 'greater Israel' as well as the Jewishness of the state upon the historical land of Palestine' said the PLO which dominates the Palestinian Authority.
Israel's Cabinet on Sunday endorsed a proposal to anchor in law the country's status as 'the national state of the Jewish people' voting 14 to six in favor of the initiative. The Knesset is to vote on it on Dec. 3.
Critics who include the government's top legal adviser say the proposed change could institutionalize discrimination against its 1.7 million Arab citizens descendents of the 160000 Palestinians who stayed after Israel was established in 1948.
And the PLO said the law was 'an attempt to tarnish and twist the Palestinian historical narrative and wipe out Palestinian existence' in the region by reserving it exclusively for Jews.
The Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee expressed in a statement its 'strong condemnation and rejection of this law.'
'The law aims to kill the two-state solution by imposing the project of a 'greater Israel' as well as the Jewishness of the state upon the historical land of Palestine' said the PLO which dominates the Palestinian Authority.
Israel's Cabinet on Sunday endorsed a proposal to anchor in law the country's status as 'the national state of the Jewish people' voting 14 to six in favor of the initiative. The Knesset is to vote on it on Dec. 3.
Critics who include the government's top legal adviser say the proposed change could institutionalize discrimination against its 1.7 million Arab citizens descendents of the 160000 Palestinians who stayed after Israel was established in 1948.
And the PLO said the law was 'an attempt to tarnish and twist the Palestinian historical narrative and wipe out Palestinian existence' in the region by reserving it exclusively for Jews.
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