{"id":4055,"date":"2018-10-08T12:45:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T12:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/the-basic-law"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:04:24","slug":"the-basic-law","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/the-basic-law","title":{"rendered":"THE BASIC LAW"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>ISRAEL AS THE NATION-STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>David KRETZMER<\/strong>Bruce W. Wayne Chair in International Law at the Faculty of Law of Hebrew University, Jerusalem<br \/><strong>Raef ZREIK<\/strong>Fellow at the Minerva Centre for the Humanities, Tel Aviv University<\/p>\n<p>Moderation <strong>Bashir Bashir<\/strong>, Senior Lecturer at Open University Israel, Research Fellow at Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and Bruno Kreisky Forum Senior Fellow<\/p>\n<p>In July 2018, the Israeli Knesset approved the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People. This controversial law has been generating heated debates among Israeli, Jewish and Palestinian circles. This public talk will discuss the implications of the law on the future of Israeli politics, the two-state solution and prospects for peace and decolonisation, the status of the Palestinians citizens of Israel and the relationship between world Jewry and the state of Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISRAEL AS THE NATION-STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE David KRETZMER: Bruce W. Wayne Chair in International Law at the Faculty of Law of Hebrew University, JerusalemRaef ZREIK: Fellow at the Minerva Centre for the Humanities, Tel Aviv University Moderation: Bashir Bashir, Senior Lecturer at Open University Israel, Research Fellow at Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4056,"template":"","format":[29],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"schwerpunkt":[],"class_list":["post-4055","kreisky_event","type-kreisky_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","format-podiumsdiskussion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>THE BASIC LAW - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/event\/the-basic-law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THE BASIC LAW - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISRAEL AS THE NATION-STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE David KRETZMER: Bruce W. Wayne Chair in International Law at the Faculty of Law of Hebrew University, JerusalemRaef ZREIK: Fellow at the Minerva Centre for the Humanities, Tel Aviv University Moderation: Bashir Bashir, Senior Lecturer at Open University Israel, Research Fellow at Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/event\/the-basic-law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-03T11:04:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/is_pal.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"185\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"114\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/veranstaltung\\\/the-basic-law\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/veranstaltung\\\/the-basic-law\",\"name\":\"THE BASIC LAW - Kreisky Forum\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/veranstaltung\\\/the-basic-law#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/veranstaltung\\\/the-basic-law#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/is_pal.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-08T12:45:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-03T11:04:24+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/veranstaltung\\\/the-basic-law#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/veranstaltung\\\/the-basic-law\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/veranstaltung\\\/the-basic-law#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/is_pal.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/is_pal.jpg\",\"width\":185,\"height\":114},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/veranstaltung\\\/the-basic-law#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Veranstaltungen\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/veranstaltung\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"THE BASIC LAW\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bruno Kreisky Forum\",\"description\":\"Bruno Kreisky Forum f\u00fcr internationalen Dialog\",\"alternateName\":\"BRUNO KREISKY FORUM f\u00fcr internationalen Dialog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"THE BASIC LAW - Kreisky Forum","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/event\/the-basic-law","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"THE BASIC LAW - Kreisky Forum","og_description":"ISRAEL AS THE NATION-STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE David KRETZMER: Bruce W. Wayne Chair in International Law at the Faculty of Law of Hebrew University, JerusalemRaef ZREIK: Fellow at the Minerva Centre for the Humanities, Tel Aviv University Moderation: Bashir Bashir, Senior Lecturer at Open University Israel, Research Fellow at Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/event\/the-basic-law","og_site_name":"Kreisky Forum","article_modified_time":"2025-12-03T11:04:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":185,"height":114,"url":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/is_pal.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/the-basic-law","url":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/the-basic-law","name":"THE BASIC LAW - Kreisky Forum","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/the-basic-law#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/the-basic-law#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/is_pal.jpg","datePublished":"2018-10-08T12:45:22+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-03T11:04:24+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/the-basic-law#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/the-basic-law"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/the-basic-law#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/is_pal.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/is_pal.jpg","width":185,"height":114},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/the-basic-law#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Veranstaltungen","item":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"THE BASIC LAW"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/","name":"Bruno Kreisky Forum","description":"Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue","alternateName":"BRUNO KREISKY FORUM f\u00fcr internationalen Dialog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/4055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kreisky_event"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/4055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6648,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/4055\/revisions\/6648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"schwerpunkt","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/schwerpunkt?post=4055"},{"taxonomy":"format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/format?post=4055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}