3. national self determination
national self determination cannot be granted to minorities within the state of israel. just imagine if all minorities in israel, the arabs, the druze, the bedouin, the christians, etc..., were granted national self determination. the state would cease to exist. israel is the national home of the jewish people and she has been recognised as such by the international community, with the exception of muslim states. indeed, maronite christians in israel have declared that they support the nationality law since it protects their own identity as maronite christians. the complaints of discrimination by the druze is a completely separate issue, and such complaints need to be addressed. on the other hand, the druze need to acknowledge that druze who live in other countries such as syria, are loyal to those countries. the nationality law is based on the concept of peoplehood, not simply on the concept of religion. arab muslims, just as catholics, etc..., have many states despite having one religion.
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