re: #26 JohnCarroll

Okay, which lets very little room for NON-JEWS to become citizens of Israel, which is the essence of the problem. Israel has a massive group of people who would do more than just giggle at the notion of being called Jewish. These are people whose ancestors have lived in the land now occupied by Israel for thousands of years.

Why on EARTH does anyone expect them to say “yes, Israel (the land where our parents were born) is a JEWISH country, one that excludes the people who lived there for thousands of years?

You are hoping for a bit much if you think that is going to happen. Better to negotiate without that than think people whose grievance is based on losing their land that that land is now the Jewish homeland, a moniker that excludes them.

Reply to the bolded part: Wrong!
What it means is that Israelis intended as the national homeland of the Jewish People and as such does what it needs to do (within ethical limits) to ensure that the Jews have a nation that will provide them refuge if needed and will be a place where their history and culture are first among equals. It does not mean that others are to be marginalized or excluded.