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

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
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

Palestinian legal group Adalah petitions Israel’s High Court to return the bodies of six Arab citizens, challenging the longstanding policy that justified withholding bodies for leverage.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
A woman picking out produce at a market.

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

A British immigrant reflects on becoming Israeli, through war, work, family, and small daily moments that shape a true sense of belonging in Israel.

|ByELEANOR VON WEISL
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

The 6-1 decision by the Supreme Court overturns a precedent set only months earlier, and restores the Interior Ministry’s longstanding interpretation of the law.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Inclusion, expulsion and division in Israeli society

We, Israeli citizens as well as the asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan, ought not to fight against each other. We need to fight together for a solution.

JUNE 7, 2015ByTAL HARRIS
Ethiopian Israelis take part in a protest in Tel Aviv on May 3 against police racism and brutality

New MKs giving up foreign citizenship from UK, US, Russia and Argentina

Israel's basic law requires an MK to renounce foreign citizenship before serving in the Knesset.

MARCH 25, 2015ByLAHAV HARKOV
US passport [Illustrative]

Questions of identity: Millenials

DECEMBER 23, 2014ByCAROLINE IGRA
The Jerusalem Post

Israeli tourists on cruise prevented from disembarking in Tunis

Passengers were told quietly by staff aboard Norwegian ship that they were not welcome per the Tunisian government during the stop.

MARCH 10, 2014ByJTA
Norwegian Jade cruise ship

'Burning Lieberman photos on Land Day is legitimate'

MK Barakeh says FM's party "challenges existence of Arabs;" police on high alert; Tibi: Israelis have complex, think we want to kill them.

MARCH 30, 2011ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Palestinians in Ramallah rallying for unity 311 R