The debate over the Nation-State Law, which arose in the context of the fall of six members of the Druze community, preoccupies the coalition – the state camp wants to amend the law, while the Likud, it turns out, prefers to leave it as it is and enact another law – a Basic Law for the Druze community, which will anchor their status in Israeli society.
Full equality of rights. Tropper, photo: uncredited
Minister Hili Tropper of the State Camp told Israel Hayom: "There has been a dialogue over the past week with the Likud, we want to amend the Nation-State Law. Our position, even before the war, was that the principle of equality, as in the Declaration of Independence, should be included in the Nation-State Law, so that full equality of rights would exist. This has been our position all along. It would be appropriate for us to fix this together with the Likud. We are waiting for their response."
Special Basic Law. Cohen, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
And the answer came tonight from Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who wrote on Twitter: "The Druze community tied its fate to the fate of the State of Israel and this war is another eternal proof of this. Together with the coalition chairman, we are working to promote a Basic Law that will anchor the special status of the community in the State of Israel."
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