Law of Return

Knesset bill would narrow eligibility for Israel citizenship

Backed by far-right and Orthodox parties, the proposal would revoke the 55-year-old clause of the Law of Return that extends Israeli citizenship to those with only one Jewish grandparent.

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Israeli Supreme Court rules that Israel’s Law of Return extends to widows of children and grandchildren of Jews

The ruling was an example of the court’s role in determining Israeli policy, a status that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had sought for months to diminish.

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Amichai Chikli said Israel’s new government would move slowly in changing the country’s Law of Return.

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