"The State of Israel is a national home for the entire Jewish people and it is clear to me that there is no dispute between any party or Zionist movement, while the nation-state law was originally intended to reinforce this principle, the most recent amendments to it are of great concern because they drive a wedge between Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora."
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Natan Sharansky, in a letter to about the Clause 7B, as quoted in Sharansky: Jewish state bill will ādrive a wedgeā between Israel and Diaspora (11 July 2018) by Raoul Wootliff, '.
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