you are right that every state can define itself however it likes.

I think the call for Israel to be accepted as a Jewish state / state of the Jewish people / state that realizes the right of the Jewish people to self determination is a way to ensure that an agreement with the Palestinians will actually signify an End of Conflict, rather than just the continuation of the struglle via Israeli Arabs etc

Calev

BN keeps using that phrase and I can only guess what it means. I thought it must have something to do with maintaining a predominantly Jewish population or artificially maintaining a Jewish government representation or voting majority.

What difference does it make? What will Palestinians do differently if they don’t accept Israel as a Jewish state? If you’re an independent “Sovereign State”, are you not required to accept that other states can control their own borders and immigration and run their internal affairs however they like?

thanks for the comment – would be happy to hear in what ways you think the post is lacking

Calev