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EXPLAINED: Lieberman proposes amending nation state law - The Real Truth

Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks to the media during the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem August 1, 2021. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

After the Israeli army released the identity of Mahmoud Kheir Din, a Druze officer who was killed in Gaza in 2018, Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman proposed on Sunday amending the Nation-State Law that defines the country as the nation state of the Jewish people.

"There is a clear contradiction between the Nation-State Law in its current version and the tributes given in honor of Lt. Col. Mahmoud Kheir al-Din," the minister said on Twitter.

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