[lbo-talk] Israeli Arab Group Proposes New "Multi-cultural" Constitution

[Bryan Atinsky]

You can see the whole proposed constitution here (Adalah has it on their

 website in pdf only):

http://www.alternativenews.org/news/english/the-democratic-constitution-a-proposal-of-adalah-legal-center-for-arab-minority-rights-in-israel-20070228.html


> <http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/831400.html>
> Last update - 09:21 28/02/2007
> Israeli Arab group proposes new 'multi-cultural' constitution
> By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
> 
> A proposed constitution written by the Israeli Arab advocacy center,
> Adalah, states that Arab Knesset members will be able to bring about
> the disqualification of bills that impinge on the rights of Arabs, and
> classifies the State of Israel as a "bilingual and multicultural"
> country rather than a Jewish state.