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History Nation-State Bill 2023 Israeli judicial reform Qatari connection affair
Intellectuals Aviner Eldad Ginsburgh Ahad Ha'am Hazony Jabotinsky Kedar Klein Kook Levin Lieberman Mazuz Melamed Ruppin Sacks Samson Sharansky Shoval Soloveitchik Talmon Yosef
Politicians Begin Bennett Dayan Edelstein Eitam Kahane Lieberman Netanyahu Peretz Shaked Shamir Smotrich Yosef Ze'evi
Commentators Conricus Glick Levy Magal Seaman Segal Yemini
Literature "Iron Wall" (1923) Clean Break (1996) The Case for Israel (2003) Defending Identity (2008) The Virtue of Nationalism (2018) Conservatism: A Rediscovery (2022)
Parties Active Agudat Yisrael Degel HaTorah Likud Religious Zionist Party New Hope New Right Noam Shas United Arab List Yisrael Beiteinu Defunct Ahi Eretz Yisrael Shelanu Hatikva Hatzohar Herut The Jewish Home Moledet National Religious Party Tehiya Yisrael BaAliyah
Alliances Likud Yisrael Beiteinu National Union National Unity Union of Right-Wing Parties United Torah Judaism Yamina
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In global politics, "Jewish state" is widely used as a synonym for Israel. The country's significance to Jews is fundamentally enshrined in the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Additionally, several Basic Laws of Israel collectively define it as a "Jewish and democratic state" in an official capacity. Israel is home to roughly half of the world's Jews, making it the only country in which Jews comprise more than 2.5% of the total population, and Israeli legislation is accordingly posited as addressing the 71.9% Jewish majority's values and aspirations.

The "Jewish" definition of Israel's role and character as a state has generated internal and external debate on the secular–religious status quo (though Israel is not a Halakhic state), the status of Israelis who belong to the non-Jewish minority, and the legal and practical implications of integrating such a definition on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.