Professor Eliav Shuchtman of the Sha'arei Mishpat law school, says, "The State has the right to educate the public and mold the citizens' character, even through tools of legislation."
 
Shuchtman told Ynet, "I don't see anything wrong with a State that proclaims it is Jewish not giving legitimization to the denial of it being so. Imagine US Jews declaring a day of morning on July 4 - that would be unacceptable.
 
"How can citizens view the birthday of the country they live in as illegitimate? People forget where we are living. There is a struggle for our land here. In terms of international law, it is the Jewish people's right to establish a Jewish State here in the Land of Israel.   

 
"Claims being made these days that it is a state of all its citizens is against international law and what was written in the British Mandate. The moment the Arab public in the country says the establishment of a Jewish State is a catastrophe, it contradicts not only the Zionist outlook, but also the principles of international law. Just as I don't have the right to defame people in the street, they do not have the right to defame the State."

(Ynet)