Right-Wing Lawmakers Back Contentious Nation-State Bill in Heated Preliminary Vote
A new version of the discriminatory “nation-state bill” has passed the first stage of enactment into law. On Wednesday, May 10, the bill passed its preliminary Knesset reading when 48 lawmakers, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, voted in favor of the bill and 41 opposed it after a heated debate. Three Joint List MKs were…