Nation- State Law

Regarding “Only Jews can stop this disgrace” ( August 7), calling Israel the nation state of the Jews in no way affects the democratic nature of the country, nor is it a serpent’s egg waiting to hatch into a downslide in civic, ethnic or national terms for its non- Jewish citizens. This Brutus thinking led to the stupid and useless assassination of a very great man.

Does Mohammad Darawshe wish to lead himself and his people into stupid and useless actions? Or is this rant the writer’s yearning for the demise of Israel and the slaughter of all its Jewish citizens as ostensibly required by the Koran?

Calling the push for the Nation State Law “irresponsibility” and “braggadocio” does not make it so. The law simply aligns our country with what is common in the rest of the world. England is for the English, Spain for the Spanish, France for the French, Italy for the Italian, Japan for the Japanese and so on. Do citizens of these countries who are not of the same ethnicity enjoy any less civil rights as those who do?

So let’s not get carried away. Jews have returned to their ancestral homeland after 2,000 years of exile and much suffering. We have a right to our nation state, to be proud, not only to call it so, but also for the democracy we practice, giving every citizen all the rights that go with it and equality under the law. EDMUND JONAH Rishon Lezion

Mohammed Darawshe warns that Israel is on the road to becoming a selective democracy in 2019, like South Africa under Apartheid. He predicts that soon, very soon, Israel may revoke his citizenship and right to vote, usher him to the back of the bus, cancel National Insurance payments for Arabs and prohibit the use of Arabic.

Does he really believe that this will happen ? Will he eat his turban if in 2020 he discovers that his hysterical fears did not materialize? More importantly, will he be disappointed that they did not materialize ? YIGAL HOROWITZ Beersheva

One of the principal responsibilities of our Minister of Justice is upholding and protecting the rule of Law. Ayelet Shaked’s widely reported threats of earthquakes if the High Court determines to overturn the Nation- State Law not only amount to an aberration of her judicial role but in certain parts of the free World would be considered acts of incitement or sedition.

Given her apparent knowledge of earthquakes, she should redirect her boundless energy into addressing the real danger of such disasters in our land, predicted by experts as highly likely, against which our government has lamentably failed to protect us. AUSTEN SCIENCE Herzliya

The Druze demonstration in Tel Aviv ended with the singing of the Israeli national anthem and a declaration of loyalty to the State of Israel. This proves that the Druze and their leaders are wiser and more mature than those who incited them to demonstrate.

The Druze have always realized that they are better off in Israel than any minority in any Muslim country. Yet it is not easy to be an Arab in Israel as long as there is violence is encouraged by the Muslim leadership while the majority who prefer to live in peace remain quiet. CHARLES OREN

Herzliya

I suggest that the Arab parties suing in the Supreme Court for equality under the new law agree that all of their 18 year olds report for military or national service.

ZVI FINK Modi’in