Introduction

vii Commentary on the Basic Law : Israel — the Nation - state of the Jewish People The Editors’ Intention and the Nature of this . 1 Work The Basic Law in question is the most important piece of constitutional legislation enacted by the constituent authority in Israel, the Knesset, in the last two decades . It can be compared only to the new Basic Laws passed in the mid - s, 1 although the latter outweigh the Nation - state Law in importance because 1990 of their effect on the normative status of regular laws passed by the Knesset in comparison with constitutional legislation . 2 The Basic Law : The Nation - state aspires – according to its authors, its language, and its objective – to provide constitutional anchoring to certain aspects of the national identity of the State of Israel, some of them already incorporated in regular legislation and others not . It is not a “National Vision law” that enshrines all elements of the state’s identity ( democratic, Jewish, a protector of human r...  אל הספר