The new oath, required of all non-Jews wishing to become Israeli citizens, is the equivalent of the US requiring all new citizens to swear their loyalty to “America as a White republic.”

ISRAELI CABINET ministers on Sunday approved by a majority vote a controversial proposal (by Ya’akov Ne’eman, pictured) which would require every non-Jew wishing to become a citizen of Israel to pledge loyalty to “the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.”

Twenty-two ministers voted in favor of the proposal, including most of Likud, Shas and Yisrael Beiteinu. Eight ministers were opposed, five of them from the Labor Party and three  – . . . → Read More: Israel: Loyalty Oath Applies Only to Non-Jews