The chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel asked Ariel Sharon to quash plans to change the Law of Return.In a letter to the Israeli prime minister, Sallai Meridor asked that action be taken against Interior Ministry plans to change the law, which guarantees Israeli citizenship to anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent.
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