This book examines the question of whether Jewish-Israeli identity should be anchored in law . The controversy surrounding this issue has been a feature of the Zionist movement since its inception and intensified in the late twentieth century and beginning of the twenty-first as a result of the Knesset’s use of the phrase “ Jewish and democratic state , " and the requirement it imposed on judges to refer to principles of the “ Jewish heritage" ( Moreshet Yisrael ) when hearing certain cases . Recently , the debate reached its peak with the political and public discussion regarding the draft of the proposed Basic Law : Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People , which was first brought before the Knesset in 2011 . The wish to anchor Jewish-Israel identity in the law seeks to achieve two objectives . The first is an external aim : Laws that pronounce Israel a “ Jewish and democratic state” or declare it to be the Jewish people’s nation-state are publicly perceived as a response to ...
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