MK Elazar Stern
MK Elazar SternPhoto: Miriam Alster, Flash 90

MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid) explained in an Arutz Sheva interview why his party opposes the Nationality Law which passed its initial reading in the Knesset Wednesday.

"We favor the law. Hatikva is the national anthem with all the problems it poses for part of the public. The state is a Jewish and democratic state and not a state of 'all its citizens,' (a far-left mantra, ed.) period. Do we need to add to this how to build communities and what to do with the Arabic language? The answer is no."

Stern said that the original law suggested by Benny Begin contained these elements and he would have voted for it but the present law will cause unrest by the Arab minority and has superfluous elements.