The General Secretariat of the Arab League condemned the Israeli Knesset’s ratification of the racist “national law”, asserting that its adoption and all laws that the occupation authorities were trying to enforce were invalid and rejected.
“All the bills Israel is trying to forcibly enforce are null and will not give any legitimacy to the Israeli occupation,” the Arab League said in a statement.
According to the statement, the adoption of the law was an addition to Israel’s denial of the rights of the Palestinian people to live in their historic land and an extension of the colonial abuses and racist practices, foremost of which is the abolition of the other by imposing decisions on the ground by force.
The Arab League added that the Knesset’s approval of the so-called national law, which considers Israel as the state of the Jewish people and Hebrew as its official language, and which encourages settlement, was a new step to annex the West Bank and to impose the practices of apartheid and ethnic cleansing.
Israel’s parliament approved early Thursday a controversial law that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people and downgrades the Arabic language status.
The legislation, adopted by 62 votes to 55, makes Hebrew the country's national language and defines the establishment of Jewish communities as being in the national interest.
The Arab League underlined the need for the international community to fulfill its responsibilities towards the Palestinian people, by exerting pressure on Israel, lifting its immunity and obliging it to implement the resolutions of international legitimacy.
The League also called for holding Israel accountable for its systematic violations of international law and resolutions.
