by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
The proposed loyalty oath came a step closer to law Sunday after winning Cabinet approval by a 22-8 vote. Labor party Ehud Barak and his party’s ministers, along with Likud ministers Benny Begin, Dan Meridor, and Michael Eitan, voted against the proposal.
The proposed law would require all non-Jews to sign an oath pledging loyalty to “the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.” Israel Is Our Home party leader Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman pledged to voters two years ago he would introduce a loyalty oath.
The next step in the legislative process is a discussion at a Cabinet ministerial meeting and then a vote in the Knesset.
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