Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset on Wednesday that the proposed "national law", or Jewish nation-state bill, would close the door to the Palestinian right of return, Arabs48 news website reported.

He criticised Israel's "imbalance" between Jewish identity and democracy, saying: "Over the years, a distinct imbalance has been created between the Jewish element and the democratic one. There is an imbalance between individual rights and national rights in Israel."