FILE PHOTO: A man walks with a horse near a campaign poster for the National Democratic Assembly party in the Israeli-Arab city of Umm el-Fahm January 14, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel passed a "nation-state" law on Thursday declaring that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, stirring anger from members of the Arab minority who said it was racist and drawing an expression of concern from the EU.
The bill, backed by the right-wing government, passed through parliament after months of political argument and some Arab lawmakers shouted and ripped up their papers after the vote.
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