http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210721-015938-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/does-where-you-legally-stand-dictate-where-you-sit/ Does Where You (Legally) Stand Depend On Where You Sit? - The Israeli Supreme Court’s Decision on the Nation State Law Hostovsky Brandes, Tamar eng 2021-07-20 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Law democracy Equality Israel Israel's Nation-State Law Israeli Supreme Court Knesset Petitions Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On July 8, 2021, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the petitions challenging Basic Law: Israel as the Nation of the Jewish People, enacted almost three years earlier. The so-called Hasson decision not only raises important questions about the relationship between legal and political struggles, it also calls into question the constitutional foundations of equality and democracy.