The world has been up in arms this week after the passage of the so-called Nation-State Law in Israel, which declares Israel to be the nation-state of the Jewish people. David Ze’ev speaks to Anton Goodman, director of development for the Abraham Fund, about why he strongly opposes this new basic law, and the reasons that the law hurts Israel’s democratic character. In addition, activist Yisrael Medad suggests several reasons that more Jewish people are ascending the Temple Mount – officially under the religious jurisdiction of the Islamic Wakf – than ever before. Finally, David relates a short story about an encounter on a local bus, and what that anecdote indicates about the possibilities of coexistence among Jews.
