"(I hope) India will keep the focus on the two-state solution, a focus on (Israel's) plans to build and expand (Jewish) settlements, and I hope they will raise the issue of Palestinian detainees in (Israeli) jails", he added on the issues Palestine hopes will be raised by PM Modi when he visits Israel.
Proposed law to strip Arabic of official-language status and define Israel as "the national home of the Jewish people".
In 2015, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed his own version of the legislation.
The bill was sponsored by Avi Dichter, a member of the Likud party of Benjamin Netanyahu, who said it was necessary to "set in law our national identity while remaining a democratic state".
The go-ahead for the nation state bill by the ministerial committee for legislation means it will now move forward to a vote by the country's parliament.
Defining Israel as the "national home of the Jewish people" has also raised concerns among rights activists and others anxious over discrimination and attempts to further mix religion and state.
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But the problem solved itself and Vettel continued on the track. "I'm super proud that we can get back up there. Valtteri said: " For most of the weekend we've had the edge on Ferrari but in Q3 they raised their game ".
"In the worldwide community, there were many attempts and much time has passed, and those who know the region know that it has become truly urgent to implement proposals for a two-state solution", Steinmeier said, standing next to Abbas. It also revokes Arabic's "official language" status in Israel.
Critics slam the bill as discriminatory against Israeli Arabs, who make up more than 20 per cent of Israel's population of 8.7 million, as well as other minorities.
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog spoke against at a Zionist Camp meeting, charging that it "violates the holy and delicate balance between Jewish and democratic" in Israel, and is one of a series of anti-democratic bills the coalition is promoting.
An Arab-Israeli lawmaker slammed the committee's decision on Sunday, calling the bill the "tyranny of the majority" and warning that it would demote Arab-speaking citizens in society. "The danger in this law in that is establishes two classes of citizen - Jewish and Arab", he said.
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid said he supports Likud MK Bennie Begin's version of the bill, which simply states that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people in their homeland, and nothing else.
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