Foundational Principles of the State of Israel
Foundations and principles of the new state
Foundational Principles of the State of Israel
Foundations and principles of the new state
THE STATE OF ISRAEL will be open for Jewish
immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles;
it will foster the development of the country for the
benefit of all its inhabitants;
it will be based on freedom,
justice
and peace
as envisaged by the prophets of Israel;
it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions; and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.