Judge dismisses lawsuit for Arab-language school in city that has seen thousands of Arab citizens move in, citing controversial 2018 law that promotes protecting Jewish settlement.
A lawsuit which charged that a northern Israeli city was violating its obligation to provide transportation for Arab Israeli children to local schools was dismissed out of hand on Monday morning, in part to protect “the Jewish character of the city,” the court said.
Krayot Magistrate’s Court judge Yaniv Luzon wrote in his ruling that providing services to Arabs would change the makeup of Carmiel, which he said was “a Jewish city which is intended to strengthen Jewish settlement in the Galilee.
“The construction of an Arabic-language school or providing transportation for Arab students, wherever and whoever wants it, could change the demographic balance and the character of the city,” he wrote.
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