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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Israel's citizenship law

Protesters wave Hamas flags after Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City, April 22, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90
November 2, 2023, 11:51 pm
Minister rolls out bill to strip citizenship from terror supporters in wartime
Moshe Arbel says new law will show those who support ‘Hamas Nazis’ are ‘not one of us,’ after outcry over Israeli Arab actress’s online posts celebrating October 7 massacre
By ToI Staff
Palestinians and Arab Israelis protest against the 2003 Citizenship and Entry Law into Israel, on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2023, 10:34 am
Knesset extends law banning Palestinian family unification for another year
So-called Citizenship Law, passed in 2003 at height of the Second Intifada, introduced as a temporary security measure but since renewed annually
By ToI Staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn
Members of Zaka Rescue and Recovery team check a body after a terror shooting attack near a synagogue in Jerusalem, Jan. 27, 2023 (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
February 15, 2023, 7:23 pm
Knesset passes law to strip terrorists who receive PA stipends of Israeli citizenship
Law, also blocking future entry into the country, garners rare support of 94 of the Knesset’s 120 MKs; Arab MK: ‘A populist, draconian law’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, meets with Israeli emerging leaders at 'Feel Beit,' an Israeli-Palestinian art and culture collective in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool via AP)
January 31, 2023, 1:13 pm
Daily Briefing Jan 31: In Israel, Blinken gives PM some friendly relationship advice
Editor David Horovitz & diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman parse US secretary of state’s many statements, Egypt’s involvement in calming West Bank, plus a death penalty bill
By ToI Staff
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked holds a press conference at the Knesset, on March 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 19, 2022, 3:51 pm
Rights group appeals against Shaked’s deportation order for terrorist’s relatives
Interior minister has ordered seven Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem kicked out over familial ties to man who ran over and killed four soldiers in 2017
By Jeremy Sharon
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man wrapped in Ukrainian and Israeli national flags prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City, March 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
March 14, 2022, 1:52 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 14: Welcome to Israel, Ukrainian Jews. Now face the rabbinate
News editor Amy Spiro breaks down Ukrainian refugee caps and personal status conflicts; Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman updates us on the controversial Citizenship Law
By ToI Staff
People hold a protest against the 'Citizenship Law' outside the Knesset, on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 10, 2022, 11:37 pm
After coalition battle, Knesset reauthorizes ban on Palestinian family unification
Leftist Meretz, Islamist Ra’am oppose, but right-wing opposition backs law; authorities did not grant residency to most Palestinians who applied after ban expired in July
By Aaron Boxerman
Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas, left, and United Torah Judaism MK Yaakov Asher during a vote on the ultra-Orthodox draft bill at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 31, 2022. (Flash90)
March 10, 2022, 7:15 pm
Citizenship Law likely to pass tonight, as Ra’am threatens to vote no confidence
After weeks of extensive negotiations, controversial legislation expected to pass with help from opposition; Ra’am to vote against, even if bill becomes a confidence vote
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am party, leads a faction meeting, in the Knesset on October 4, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 17, 2022, 2:52 am
‘Ra’am is toying with us’: 3 opposition bills advance amid Islamist party’s boycott
Dispute between Arab party and rest of coalition said to stem from approval of so-called Citizenship Law as well as gov’t tabling of bill granting tax benefits to Bedouin villages
By ToI Staff
People hold a protest against the 'Citizenship Law' outside the Knesset, on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 7, 2022, 11:29 pm
With help from opposition, Citizenship Law passes first reading in Knesset
Controversial bill advances 44-5, after MKs from both sides of the aisle leave the plenum rather than vote; stricter version also approved
By ToI Staff
People hold a protest against the 'Citizenship Law' outside the Knesset, on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 6, 2022, 5:03 pm
Cabinet okays Citizenship Law for Knesset vote, over objection of Meretz, Ra’am
If passed, controversial bill would renew ban on permits for Palestinians who marry Israelis to live with their spouses in Israel; opposing coalition members warn of repercussions
By ToI Staff
A protest against the 'family reunification law' outside the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on July 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 6, 2021, 8:53 pm
With ban on Palestinian family unification expiring, what happens next?
The Knesset voted not to extend the controversial 2003 law, meaning thousands of Palestinians may now have a pathway to citizenship, though several hurdles remain
By Aaron Boxerman
The Daily Briefing
July 6, 2021, 3:13 pm
Daily Briefing July 6 – The coalition loses first battle as opposition wages war
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By ToI Staff
A protest against the 'family reunification law' outside the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on July 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 5, 2021, 2:24 pm
Daily Briefing July 5 – What’s at stake in the Palestinian reunification law?
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By ToI Staff
An Israeli youth receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Rishon LeZion on June 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
June 21, 2021, 1:31 pm
Daily Briefing June 21 – Israel sees COVID surge, PA rejects vaccine transfer
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By ToI Staff
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