Israeli citizenship

Proposed Law of Return amendment sparks debate over conversion standards in Israel

Religious coalition lawmakers frame the bill as a return to halachic conversion standards, while opponents say it would hand the religious establishment greater control over Jewish identity

 THE EXPECTATION that citizens should roam the length and breadth of the country in order to find an appointment slot somewhere to renew a passport is preposterous.
 The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem

Adalah petitions High Court to return bodies of six Arab citizens withheld by Israel

A woman picking out produce at a market.

Not a status, but series of moments: What it truly means to become Israeli - opinion

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

Israel’s Supreme Court blocks automatic citizenship for non-Jewish children of immigrants


Convert’s nightmarish three-year quest for citizenship continues

From Baltimore’s notorious drug gangs to the Jewish State, David Ben Moshe continues to hope for Israeli citizenship.

David Ben Moshe together with his wife and child

Israeli Americans are eligible for stimulus checks tax attorney tells Post

Each person seeking the relief must have a US social security number, and the deadline for the US to provide the money is the end of 2020.

U.S. President Trump holds news conference on the coronavirus outbreak at the White House in Washington

Palestinian who helped save the Mark family granted Israeli residency

Rabbi Michael “Miki” Mark, 48 was killed in shooting terror attack as he drove on Route 60, between the Otniel and the Beit Hagai settlements. His wife and two of his children were in the car.

Family of Rabbi Michael Mark at his funeral in Jerusalem

Easing adjustment to Israel: One immigrant helping others

When Lara Itzhaki helped her brother plan his aliyah, she had no idea she’d be kick-starting a business plan to help new immigrants

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Israeli identity and the anti-‘freier’

If an American Jew strives to be a mensch, then an Israeli Jew seeks to be an “anti-freier.”

AN ANTI-FREIER is likewise a hard person who pursues his goals aggressively.

Government strips 2,600 Beduin of citizenship due to 'registration error'

The punitive retroactive measure has effectively left them stateless in a country where most were born in subsequent generations.

A man carries hay to feed livestock in the Beduin village of Bir Mshash in Israel's southern Negev December 10, 2013.

Israeli court rules to revoke citizenship of convicted terrorist

Judge said Arab attacker who injured four people abused his citizenship rights and thus excluded himself from society.

Stabbing in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel

Gueule de bois messianique

Plusieurs fois menacé depuis la guerre des Six Jours, le consensus national, alimenté par le pragmatisme des Israéliens, l’a toujours emporté

 2005. Militants contre le désengagement  de Gaza

Pass the Jewish nation-state law

The “Jewish” side of the formulation “a Jewish and democratic state” is under internal assault as well.

‘TODAY THE State of Israel’s identification with Jewish nationhood is under attack from all sides.’

I am an Israeli Citizen.

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