Israel's Loyalty Oath: Need or Provocation?

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a change to the controversial Citizenship Bill so that Jews as well as non-Jews will now have to swear allegiance to Israel as a "Jewish and democratic state". The initial proposal approved by the cabinet on October 10 was to apply only to non-Jews wanting to apply for citizenship in a move which was widely condemned as racist by Israel's Arab minority. For more on the controversial citizenship bill, RT talks to International law professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem Mordechai Kremnitzer, who opposes it and professor Shmuel Sandler, from the Begin-Sadat centre for strategic studies who supports the bill.

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• Loyalty Oath
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• Shmuel Sandler
• Mordechai Kremnitzer

[WhiteKnightVengeance]

I have to laugh.I see so many trying hard to defend,what can not be defended.israel is a terrorist state and all this new oath is about is to provoke non-terrorist/zionist peoples,into either confronting the system or leaving(which is perfered of course).These non-semetic peoples that occupy isreal and cause terror and trouble thru out the world can shove their new oath up their collective asses.There is nothing new here.

[davelynchiepoo]

What will those crazy Jewish squatters think of next?

[hhhaaa68]

Why do Arabs have to take an oath to Jews as they live on their own land?

[latinojuan]

'Racist TUNES'??

[wiqi22]

Future immigrants? fucking hilarious 

[wiqi22]

@Snutih dude, you know nothing about these states so shut the fuck up.

[Snutih]

HAHAHA because muslim countries don't do any such thing? Oh yes in saudi Arabia you give up on your religoin or you call for inserruction you can be DECAPITATED it's the law . And this guy complains about a fucking oath .

How many muslim countries are there in the world ? Are they any tolerant towards minorities ? Turks towards kurd ? Egyptians towards copts ? Pakis towards Sikhs ? etc...

DOUBLE STANDARDS RT

[3beepu]

if you want to be a citizen of any country you must pledge loyalty to that country. what is the big deal?

[bweber2k]

I pledge of alliance to the nazi state of Israel and to its stolen lands. Its really simple....I don't see the problem.

[cpeigney94]

If you don't want to live in a Jewish state then move anywhere else in the world, we don't want you here.

[imnotgivingmynametou]

"Israel is a Jewish state; It's the only Jewish state in the world.".... Hence why it is a colony of America of course. There shouldn't be any Jewish states, because if the Jewish fever has increased to such extent that they establish a state, then their must be fascist ideals behind their intentions.