[pthread_t]

The actual rationale was outright given by the politicians who enacted this law:

it allows Israel's favored demographic to maintain a majority.

It's in the article.

[1337shadow]

I'm sorry, I'm non native, I've read the article again and didn't find that, can I ask you to quote that please?

[vageli]

Fourth paragraph.

> Proponents say the law helps ensure Israel's security and maintains its "Jewish character".

> "The State of Israel is Jewish and so it will remain," said Simcha Rothman of the far-right Religious Zionism party, a member of the opposition who brought the law forward with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked.

[1337shadow]

That does not explain why they believe marriages threaten its "jewish character", it does not explain why they think that. If it's about demographics, then the article should show graphics or at least some number projections so that we can build an opinion.