"[The law is] racist, massively harmful to fundamental human rights and contravenes international human rights norms, especially those forbidding laws that constitute a racist constitution... Any law that denies Palestinians their civil and national rights is racist, colonialist and illegitimate," the petition said, as quoted by the outlet.The newspaper added that the nation-state law had been adopted as basic law, meaning that it would be harder to repeal it, compared to an ordinary law.
Members of Israel's nearly 150,000-strong Druze community and representatives of Israel's Bedouins, both minorities known for their loyal service in the country's military, have already lodged legal petitions to the court.See also:
Over the weekend, Druze leaders led a protest that drew tens of thousands to Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, where a former head of the Mossad intelligence agency, a former Israel Defense Forces chief and the mayor of Tel Aviv were among those to speak in opposition to the law.
So far, at least two Druze military officers have quit the army, while an Arab lawmaker who said that the law "oppresses me and oppresses the population that sent me to the Knesset" resigned from parliament. Vocal opposition has also come from the international community and Jewish groups abroad.
Other than now in Israel, "there is no constitution in the world today containing a clause that determines that the state belongs to one ethnic group or that a given state is exclusive to a certain ethnic group," said Tuesday's petition, which was submitted by the Israeli human rights group Adalah and also signed by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel and the National Committee of Arab Mayors.
The petition called on the Israeli Supreme Court to annul the law, arguing that it also violates the United Nations charter by denying the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. The law states that "the right to exercise national self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people."
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, who has been pushing to curb the powers of Israel's Supreme Court, has said that if the high court strikes down the law, the result would be an "earthquake" that would begin "a war between branches of government."
The Druze, unlike most Arab Israelis, are subject to mandatory national service in Israel. The law has stirred calls for that to end.
"I don't know anyone in the CIA except for a few people I've interviewed over the years? But weaponized by the CIA? What does that even mean?... Do you think I'm weaponized by the CIA?"The truth is that mainstream media does indeed have a relationship with intelligence agencies, and the US government works very hard to control and cooperate with the mainstream media to achieve its goals.
Comment: Assange has only truth to tell. He will not play any games or sides and, as such, the character and resolve of this man will be self-evident. Whether his cooperation and forthright testimony has any affect on his future, we will have to wait and see as there is terrible push against him. Time for his advocates and supporters to come forth.