The actual rationale was outright given by the politicians who enacted this law:
it allows Israel's favored demographic to maintain a majority.
It's in the article.
it allows Israel's favored demographic to maintain a majority.
It's in the article.
> Proponents say the law helps ensure Israel's security and maintains its "Jewish character".
> "The State of Israel is Jewish and so it will remain," said Simcha Rothman of the far-right Religious Zionism party, a member of the opposition who brought the law forward with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked.