Presidential Address
President of Israel Moshe Katsav commended the constitutional project and expressed his hope for its success. He praised Israeli democracy and stressed the need to protect it and entrench it in the constitution, but noted the difficulties and challenges facing the democracy. He expressed the belief that the Jewish and the democratic elements of Israel are inseparable, and saw no contradiction between the two, or between the safeguarding of Israel’s national character and the safeguarding of full rights for minorities – without which there can be no democracy. He called Israel a state of all its citizens, but said it should not change the law of return, its flag, or its anthem.
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