The Times of Israel

Death of soldier reopens debate about citizenship for non-Jewish Hebrew Israelites

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:37:48 +0000

Elishai Young, 19, who fell in Gaza, had not yet completed the 18 months of active duty needed for him, his mother, and his special needs brother to obtain Israeli citizenship

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Newly declassified docs reveal why Canada didn’t strip Nazis of citizenship

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 02:25:29 +0000

Report by Jewish historian found then-justice minister Pierre Trudeau argued that deporting Nazi war criminal to USSR would set negative precedent for Canadians

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Daily Briefing Jan. 12: Netanyahu coalition rapidly delivers judicial shakeup bill

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 11:14:18 +0000

Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren and Knesset reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn tackle legal reforms; also, bill revoking terrorists' citizenship, cost of living triage and too much meat

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Restrictions lifted from Porto rabbi as Portuguese citizenship fraud case continues

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 20:14:02 +0000

Lisbon court says no 'single fact' shows Rabbi Daniel Litvak gave priority to requests of Jews for Portuguese citizenship, in investigation tied to oligarch Roman Abramovich

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Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:08:40 +0000

Former US security contractor, who escaped prosecution in the US after leaking classified documents detailing government surveillance programs, has lived in Russia since 2013

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Podcast: How a Kuwaiti Muslim now lives in Jerusalem as a Jewish Israeli citizen

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:04:24 +0000

His father was a colleague of Yasser Arafat. His mother was born into a British Mandate marriage between a Jew and a Muslim. Hear how Mark Halawa recently became an Israeli citizen

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‘An attempt to correct history’: Jewish descendants reclaim Austrian citizenship

Mon, 03 May 2021 07:16:09 +0000

Over 1,900 descendants of those forced out during the Holocaust have reclaimed citizenship since law change in 2019, although not all are sure their relatives would have approved

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Palestinian refugee gets Spanish citizenship after discovering Jewish roots

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:57:30 +0000

Heba Nabil Iskandarani had been technically stateless her entire life, then she found her Palestinian father had Sephardi heritage

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Austrian government triples security funding for local Jewish community

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:58:19 +0000

Community head Oskar Deutsch hails annual grant of €4 million as 'historic step' that anchors Jewish life 'as a natural and inseparable part of Austria'

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Israeli man, 84, becomes first Jew to reclaim Austrian citizenship under new law

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 02:04:57 +0000

Vienna-born Ben Zion Lapid left Austria 76 years ago, received passport under legislation to restore citizenship to those persecuted by the Nazi regime

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Austria will allow descendants of Holocaust victims to receive citizenship

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 06:11:58 +0000

From September tens of thousands of Israelis will be eligible following change in law; government says measure 'in line with Austria’s ongoing endeavor for reconciliation'

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At least 27% of applicants under Spain’s Sephardic ‘law of return’ are not Jews

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:11:26 +0000

Of the 153,767 applicants, 52,823 came from four Latin American countries whose combined Jewish population is smaller than 10,000

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Turkey vows to return jihadists to countries that revoked their citizenship

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:55:53 +0000

Ankara says it will not accept the position that hundreds of IS prisoners should be tried in Turkey

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Israel to dramatically shorten East Jerusalemites’ path to citizenship – report

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:46:11 +0000

Population Authority said planning to add new offices and service booths in bid to cut process from 4-6 years at best, to one

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Is Spain really ready to become a haven for people with Jewish roots?

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 09:37:03 +0000

Citing rising racism in the US, non-Jewish Hispanics seek Spanish citizenship based on a law meant to atone for Inquisition-era expulsions, as Spanish anti-Semitism soars

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