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Israeli parliament passes contentious Jewish nation bill

RAMALLAH, July 19 (KUNA) -- Israel's parliament approved a controversial piece of legislation on Thursday that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
The government says the bill, passed in the early morning hours, will merely enshrine into law Israel's existing character, according to Israeli media sources.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the legislation's passage a "historic moment in the history of Zionism and the history of the state of Israel." "Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people, which honors the individual rights of all its citizens," the prime minister said. "I repeat this is our state. The Jewish state."(end).
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