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Groups petition Israeli high court to annul Nakba law

Two Israeli human rights groups have petitioned Israel\’s Supreme Court to overturn the so-called Nakba Law. The law, passed in March, enables the state to fine local communities and other state-funded groups for holding events that mark what the Arab community calls the Nakba, which means catastrophe, referring to the creation of the Jewish state of Israel. Fines, deducted from a group\’s operating budget, could equal up to three times the event\’s sponsorship cost; repeat violations would double the fines.

NIF changes funding guidelines, but what does it mean?

When Adalah, an Israeli Arab legal rights group, joined an initiative in 2007 to create an Israeli constitution that would dilute — if not remove — the state\’s Jewish character, it unleashed a furor in pro-Israel circles.

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