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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/No-Aharon-Barak-does-not-oppose-Israels-Nation-State-Law-575768
Former Israeli Chief Justice Aharon Barak Supports Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
(Jerusalem Post) Dr. Emmanuel Navon - On Dec. 17, 2018, former Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak discussed Israel's Nation-State Law at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. "This is an important law," Barak said, adding that he supports the idea that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people. Barak drew a distinction between national rights and civic rights: "The recognition of the minority rights of Israel's Arab citizens does not grant them a national right to self-determination within the State of Israel. They are a minority whose identity and culture must be protected, but if they want to realize their right to national self-determination they can only do it in a state of their own, not in Israel." The writer is a senior fellow at the Kohelet Policy Forum.