The Sunday High Court of Justice ruling, in which an 11-justice panel rejected challenges to the constitutionality of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law by a 6-5 vote, bears great constitutional significance with respect to the tension inherent in the character of the state as both Jewish and democratic.
True, the court ruling rests on the security argument that is a part of the essence of the law as passed by the Knesset. It appears clear, however, that the ruling also rests on a preference for the Jewishness of the state (the majority opinion), over the more democratic (the minority opinion).
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