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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

dual citizenship

Residents in the Israeli Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights celebrate on December 9, 2024, after Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
January 6, 2025, 6:08 am
Taboo no more: One in five Golan Druze now holds Israeli citizenship
Requests for naturalization hit an all-time high as communities warm to the idea. While future trends are unpredictable, developments in Syria will have a huge impact
By Fadi Amun in partnership with Shomrim
The family of 22-year-old Omer Neutra, who is being held hostage by Hamas, in Gaza speak at a rally in New York's Central Park on July 7, 2024. Left to right: Daniel Neutra, Ronen Neutra, and Orna Neutra. (Dani Tenenbaum and Liri Agami)
July 16, 2024, 1:52 am
US-Israeli hostage’s family fights to keep American public interested in fellow citizen
Set to speak at Republican convention on Wednesday, Omer Neutra’s relatives say it’s a struggle to maintain media awareness of the 8 US citizens held by Hamas since Oct. 7 massacre
By Cathryn J. Prince
Giuliana Schnitzler sits with her dog Lucy while displaying an image of her father, Peter Schnitzler, at her home in Vienna, Austria, on June 23, 2022. Her father was taken out of Vienna to the United States by his family at just under 2 years old in late 1938. (Raquel G. Frohlich)
December 8, 2022, 6:52 pm
No longer verboten: Descendants of Holocaust survivors seek Austrian citizenship
After a revision of Austrian citizenship laws, candidates don’t need to give up their native passports. Read about Giuliana Schnitzler, Julie Bronder and Amy Feineman’s paths there
By Raquel G. Frohlich
British-Iranian women take part in a demonstration opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London on November 19, 2022, ahead of Iran's fixture against England in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.(ISABEL INFANTES / AFP)
November 24, 2022, 12:39 pm
Report: Iranian-Briton arrested for tipping off media about Mahsa Amini protests
Regime-controlled Fars News says detainee was ‘a source for hostile television channels,’ including BBC, and ‘incited civil disobedience and rioting’
By AFP
Illustrative. An Israeli passport. (Flash90)
September 24, 2022, 7:49 pm
Estonia said to block Israelis with Russian citizenship from entering
3 dual nationals turned away even though restrictions on Russians not applicable to Israeli passport holders; a further eight cases reported on Telegram app
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: A US passport. (vlana/iStock/Getty Images)
May 14, 2022, 4:42 pm
US Embassy in Jerusalem to hold walk-in day for children’s passport services May 19
From 7:45 a.m. to noon next Thursday, those without appointments can apply at American diplomatic mission, avoid extended wait times for appointments
By ToI Staff
Morad Tahbaz. (Screengrab/ Facebook)
March 20, 2022, 11:10 pm
UK-US dual citizen returned to Iranian jail despite deal
Morad Tahbaz was released last week alongside two other British citizens, but is sent back to jail barely two days after meeting his family in Tehran
By Isabel Debre
Spain's King Juan Carlos, left, speaks with chairperson of the governing Sephardic Community of Jerusalem Abraham Haim before a meeting in the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain, March 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Abraham Caro Marin)
August 27, 2021, 12:02 pm
Why is Spain suddenly turning down many Jews who apply for citizenship?
In the last quarter, thousands of applications have been rejected due to fear of fraud and what some experts call retroactively implemented bureaucratic standards
By Orge Castellano
Ya'ara Saks on the wall surrounding Jerusalem's Old City during the first year of her masters degree studies at Hebrew University, in July 1995. (Courtesy)
January 12, 2021, 5:11 pm
Canada’s 1st Canuck-Sabra parliamentarian is Zionist and proudly pro-Palestinian
Newly-elected dual citizen Ya’ara Saks brings a distinct voice to Trudeau’s ruling Liberal Party, often contending with ire of Jewish constituents and anti-Semitism simultaneously
By Robert Sarner
A sign marks the Canadian border. (Lorie Shaull/Flickr/ via JTA)
October 4, 2020, 4:58 am
Ahead of November election, growing numbers of Jews consider leaving US
Immigration lawyers in Canada and the EU see citizenship applications rising exponentially; while this may be common in election years, the proportion of Jewish applicants is not
By Ben Sales
A cyclist passes by signs for Portuguese political parties during national elections in Porto, Portugal, on October 6, 2019. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
October 6, 2019, 1:09 pm
New citizenship in hand, Israelis vote from abroad in Portuguese elections
Thousands of recently naturalized Jews of Sephardic descent were able to cast absentee ballots ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary poll — even if they had never lived in Portugal
By Melanie Lidman
Mordechai Ben Abir unveils a street renamed after his ancestors who were expelled from Spain in the town of Falset, Spain, at a ceremony on May 16, 2016. (Youtube screenshot)
July 31, 2019, 9:44 pm
500 years after Inquisition, 10,000 Sephardi Jews close circle with citizenships
While some apply for Portuguese and Spanish citizenship to celebrate their family’s roots, most look to economic opportunity and a future that an European passport can offer
By Melanie Lidman
Blanca Carrasco on a visit to a Sephardi synagogue in Fez, Morocco. (Courtesy)
February 17, 2019, 4:42 am
US crypto-Jews race to reclaim heritage before Spanish citizenship offer ends
A record number of Americans whose Jewish ancestors fled the Inquisition are applying for citizenship as an ‘insurance policy’ against a perceived rise in US anti-Semitism
By Ben Zehavi
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2014 (AP/Vahid Salemi)
August 29, 2018, 8:15 am
Iran says it has arrested dozens of foreign spies
Intelligence minister provides few details, but implies most detainees are dual nationals; Tehran adds it foiled several terror bombing plots
By ToI Staff
British-Iranian professor Abbas Edalat. (CC-BY-SA-2.5 Andrej Bauer/Wikipedia
April 26, 2018, 8:20 am
Rights group says British-Iranian professor held in Tehran
Computer scientist and mathematician Abbas Edalat, who has urged West to negotiate with Tehran, is latest dual national detained in country
By Jon Gambrell
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