JERUSALEM: In a move that has outraged both Arab Israelis and some progressive Jewish Israelis, a new bill was presented to the Israeli Knesset or parliament last week to relegate Israel's other official language Arabic to that of a secondary language, leaving Hebrew as the only official language.
The bill was drafted by Likud Member of the Knesset (MK) Limor Livnat, a renowned right-winger, and was seconded by MKs Yuli Edelstein from Likud, Otniel Schneller from Kadima and Ya'acov Margi from the ultra-Orthodox Shas party.
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