Article: Arabs upset at bill demoting Arabic

BRENDA GAZZAR
Jerusalem Post
06-01-2008
Headline: Arabs upset at bill demoting Arabic
Byline: BRENDA GAZZAR
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 04

Sunday, June 1, 2008 -- A Knesset bill that would demote Arabic from an official language to "a secondary official language" is evoking protest from Israeli Arabs and civil rights groups.

The bill, drafted and introduced last month by Likud MK Limor Livnat, would make Hebrew the primary official language in Israel while designating Arabic, English and Russian as secondary official languages.

Hebrew and Arabic currently have equal status as official languages though in practice there are significant gaps in how they are treated.

The Knesset's ...

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