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On the recordNovember 28, 2012
And being a Jewish State doesn't mean that only Jewish people can live in that state. It means that it is the homeland of the Jewish people.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel emphasizes that Israel's identity as a Jewish state allows for non-Jewish residents.

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