distanced himself from the comments and appointed openly gay MK Amir Ohana to the post. National identity bill In 2014, Israel's cabinet advanced the Nation-State Bill, which would define Israel as "the nation-state of the Jewish people" and also said that Jewish law would be a "source of inspiration" for the Knesset. This was seen by non-Orthodox Jews as a step toward enforcing Orthodox halakha as the law of the land. However, the final version of the law did not include this proposed clause. See also Christian state Islamic state State of Judea Theocracy Theonomy References Judaism and government Kahanism Land of Israel Politics of Israel Religious Zionism Theocracy