Editing Nation state (section)

=== Israel ===
[[Israel]] was founded as a [[Jewish state]] in 1948. Its [[Basic Laws of Israel|Basic Laws]] describe it as both a Jewish and a democratic state. The [[Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People]] (2018) explicitly specifies the nature of the [[State of Israel]] as the [[nation-state]] of the [[Jews|Jewish people]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/final-text-of-jewish-nation-state-bill-set-to-become-law// |title=Final text of Jewish nation-state law, approved by the Knesset early on July 19 |first=Raoul |last=Wootliff |date=18 July 2018 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/7/19/israel-passes-controversial-jewish-nation-state-law |title=Israel passes controversial 'Jewish nation-state' law |date=19 July 2018 |work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]}}</ref> According to the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]], 75.7% of Israel's population are Jews.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3877574,00.html |title=Israel at 62: Population of 7,587,000 |newspaper=Ynetnews |publisher=Ynet.co.il |date=20 June 1995 |access-date=20 February 2013}}</ref> [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arabs]], who make up 20.4% of the population, are the largest ethnic minority in Israel. Israel also has very small communities of [[Armenians in Israel|Armenians]], [[Circassians in Israel|Circassians]], [[Assyrians in Israel|Assyrians]], [[Samaritans]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 May 2019 |title=Israel's Independence Day 2019 |url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2019/134/11_19_134b.pdf |journal=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref> There are also some non-Jewish spouses of Israeli Jews. However, these communities are very small, and usually number only in the hundreds or thousands.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lustick |first=Ian S. |date=1999 |title=Israel as a Non-Arab State: The Political Implications of Mass Immigration of Non-Jews |journal=[[Middle East Journal]] |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=417–433 |jstor=4329354 |issn=0026-3141}}</ref>