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US President Donald Trump stands before speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's policy conference at the Washington Hilton, June 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 30, 2026, 8:53 pm
US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
In 6-3 decision, judges annull executive order saying kids of those illegally or temporarily in the US are not American citizens; bare majority of 5 rule it violates Constitution
By Mark Sherman
Sgt. Elishai Young who fell in Gaza on October 19, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 21, 2024, 4:37 pm
Death of soldier reopens debate about citizenship for non-Jewish Hebrew Israelites
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
By Sue Surkes
Adolf Hitler made a speech to 48,000 boys and 5,000 girls at the Nazi party congress in Nuremberg, Germany on September 11, 1937 during a parade attended by foreign diplomats. From left to right in front row: Antonio Marquis De Magaz, Spain's envoy to Germany, Sir Neville Henderson, British Ambassador, unknown, Signor Attolico, Italian Ambassador, Andre Francois-Poncet, French Ambassador, Vicco Von Buelow Schwante, chief of protocol in the German Foreign Office. (AP)
February 7, 2024, 4:25 am
Newly declassified docs reveal why Canada didn’t strip Nazis of citizenship
Report by Jewish historian found then-justice minister Pierre Trudeau argued that deporting Nazi war criminal to USSR would set negative precedent for Canadians
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a constitution committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2023, 1:14 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 12: Netanyahu coalition rapidly delivers judicial shakeup bill
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
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto, Portugal, on September 2, 2016. (AFP Photo/ Miguel Riopa)
September 29, 2022, 11:14 pm
Restrictions lifted from Porto rabbi as Portuguese citizenship fraud case continues
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
By PHILISSA CRAMER
An undated photo of Edward Snowden, a former contract employee at the US National Security Agency. (YouTube screen capture)
September 26, 2022, 9:08 pm
Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden
Former US security contractor, who escaped prosecution in the US after leaking classified documents detailing government surveillance programs, has lived in Russia since 2013
By AP
Kuwaiti-born Mark Halawa holding his new Israeli citizenship documentation, August 2021. (courtesy)
August 13, 2021, 2:04 pm
Podcast: How a Kuwaiti Muslim now lives in Jerusalem as a Jewish Israeli citizen
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
By ToI Staff
Dr. Robert G. W. Anderson's hand showing a photo of his grandfather, who fled Austria in the Holocaust, in a video produced by AFP on March 19 2021. (Screen capture: AFP)
May 3, 2021, 10:16 am
‘An attempt to correct history’: Jewish descendants reclaim Austrian citizenship
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
By Blaise GAUQUELIN
Heba Nabil Iskandarani said a 'deep addiction for belonging made me look deeper into my family history.' (Courtesy of Iskandarani/ via JTA)
September 24, 2020, 8:57 pm
Palestinian refugee gets Spanish citizenship after discovering Jewish roots
Heba Nabil Iskandarani had been technically stateless her entire life, then she found her Palestinian father had Sephardi heritage
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Police in front of a school in Vienna, Austria, February 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Roland Zak)
September 10, 2020, 2:58 pm
Austrian government triples security funding for local Jewish community
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’
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: Austrian passports (iStock.Getty Images)
September 8, 2020, 5:04 am
Israeli man, 84, becomes first Jew to reclaim Austrian citizenship under new law
Vienna-born Ben Zion Lapid left Austria 76 years ago, received passport under legislation to restore citizenship to those persecuted by the Nazi regime
By JTA
An Austrian flag is seen flying in Hofburg Palace in Vienna. (Photo by Omar Marques / SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/JTA)
August 5, 2020, 9:11 am
Austria will allow descendants of Holocaust victims to receive citizenship
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’
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative: Members of the restored Synagogue of Barcelona carry a Torah to its new home in Barcelona, Spain, January 22, 2006. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
November 6, 2019, 6:11 pm
At least 27% of applicants under Spain’s Sephardic ‘law of return’ are not Jews
Of the 153,767 applicants, 52,823 came from four Latin American countries whose combined Jewish population is smaller than 10,000
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the foreign media, in Istanbul, October 18, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
November 4, 2019, 4:55 pm
Turkey vows to return jihadists to countries that revoked their citizenship
Ankara says it will not accept the position that hundreds of IS prisoners should be tried in Turkey
By AFP
Illustrative image of a falafel stand in East Jerusalem in 2012. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
February 27, 2019, 1:46 am
Israel to dramatically shorten East Jerusalemites’ path to citizenship – report
Population Authority said planning to add new offices and service booths in bid to cut process from 4-6 years at best, to one
By Michael Bachner
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