Could proposed ‘Jewishness’ law cause courts to alter state’s course?
The proposed bill to define the state’s Jewishness will have a massive impact on a range of issues before the High Court of Justice in the past, present and future. The affects could be both direct and indirect. One of the most obvious issues is the attempt to disqualify candidates, especially Israeli Arabs, from running for Knesset. There have been repeated efforts to disqualify Israeli-Arab candidates, such as most recently MK Haneen Zoabi in the last election, from running for the Knesset on grounds of actions allegedly against the state and its…