Arabic Demoted

[ForeverYoung436]

Arabic used to be one of the 2 official languages of Israel, along with Hebrew. Not anymore. It was demoted from being 1 of the 2 official languages of Israel to a language of "special status." What does everyone think of this? Was this done as a reaction to Tinmore's posts on this Board, as a kind of "boomerang effect"?

 

[Pogo]

Have no clue in the world what the "Tinmore" reference is supposed to be but who the fuck cares what language(s) is/are "official"? People are gonna speak whatever language serves to communicate, period.

 

[Pete7469]

Arabic might be a dead language in a few decades if the mooselimbs don't cut the shit. Once we go bankrupt and withdraw from the world the Chinese and Russians aren't going to put up with this jihad shit.

 

[rylah]

Arabic used to be one of the 2 official languages of Israel, along with Hebrew. Not anymore. It was demoted from being 1 of the 2 official languages of Israel to a language of "special status." What does everyone think of this? Was this done as a reaction to Tinmore's posts on this Board, as a kind of "boomerang effect"?

Was it an official language?

Written in 2015:

The preference of Hebrew as an exclusive official language can be seen from later Israeli legislation, such as: the Criminal Law Procedure Regulations, the Military Justice Law, the Civil Law Procedure Regulations, the Israel Bar Association Law, the Israel Nationality Law, the Planning and Building Law, the Knesset Elections Law, the Physicians’ Ordinance amendment. In contrast with the legislation that gives preference to Hebrew, some Israeli legislation grants equal status to Arabic (and sometimes Yiddish and Russian as well): the Mandatory Tender Regulations, the Television Broadcasts from the Knesset law, the Second Authority for Television and Radio law, the Arabic Language Academy law, and the Films Act. This legislation is generally intended to increase access to information for Arabic speakers, rather than as a symbolic cultural statement.

In light of the all encompassing characteristics of an official language, it is clear that Arabic does have a defined legal status in certain specific legal areas, but that the status of an official language originally granted by Article 82 has long ceased to exist.

The facts parallel the legal situation: Arabic’s status is complex, or more accurately, inconsistent. At times it appears that Arabic has some special status, and at times, it does not. Since, if Arabic were indeed an official language, the government would be required to conduct all its affairs bilingually, we confidently conclude that as a matter of practice, the only official language in the State of Israel is Hebrew.

The Status of Arabic in the State of Israel

 

[TrueTT]

Fun fact: Arabic wasn’t even the native language of the Palestinians