An Israeli civil rights group wants stricken a law that excludes Palestinians from getting automatic Israeli citizenship if they marry Israelis. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, which is petitioned the country’s highest court, says the law is racist because it applies tougher standards for Israeli Arabs, who are most likely to marry Palestinians.
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