"The Israeli cabinet has rejected a controversial proposal to require Israeli citizens to take an oath of loyalty to the Jewish state.
Under the plan, introduced by the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party, citizenship would be granted only to those who swore allegiance.
The proposal angered Israel's Arab minority, which comprises 20% of Israel's population.
The plan can still be brought before parliament, but is unlikely to succeed.
The measure was thrown out by eight votes to three at a meeting of the Cabinet on Sunday.
Yisrael Beiteinu , which won the third most seats in February's election, sought to introduce the oath as well as a ban on annual commemorations denouncing the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.
During the election campaign, the party focused on perceived disloyalty among Israeli Arabs, drawing widespread criticism as well as support.
Many Israeli Arabs mark the Nakba , or the Catastrophe, when about 700,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes in the war which followed Israel's declaration of independence."
How bizarre that a Country might want its citizens to be loyal to the Country. How weird, well weird to BBC people who have little loyalty to the UK.
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