Based on the number of calls that Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) President Yohanan Plesner has received from the foreign press over the past few days, it seems that the nationality bill garners much interest outside of Israel, too.
Plesner, who fought with an elite Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit and later served as a Knesset member for the Kadima Party (2007-13), found himself torn between his almost instinctive desire to defend the state and his realization that the nationality bill, which was passed by the government on Nov. 23, is unnecessary and would seriously undermine Israel's character as a democratic state.