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Israel's new government fails to extend controversial citizenship law
Also: Israeli PM suffers setback in vote on Arab citizenship rights law (The Guardian)
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Source: BBC
Israel's new government fails to extend controversial citizenship law
6 July 2021
Israel's parliament has failed to pass an extension to a controversial law barring Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza who marry Israelis from being granted citizenship rights.
After a debate that lasted through the night, the vote was tied 59 to 59.
It was the first big defeat for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's government since it took office last month.
The legislation, which critics say is discriminatory, will expire at the end of Tuesday unless there is a new vote.
Thousands of Palestinians previously unable to claim citizenship rights may now be able to do so, although the interior minister will still have the power to reject applications on a case-by-case basis.
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6 July 2021
Israel's parliament has failed to pass an extension to a controversial law barring Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza who marry Israelis from being granted citizenship rights.
After a debate that lasted through the night, the vote was tied 59 to 59.
It was the first big defeat for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's government since it took office last month.
The legislation, which critics say is discriminatory, will expire at the end of Tuesday unless there is a new vote.
Thousands of Palestinians previously unable to claim citizenship rights may now be able to do so, although the interior minister will still have the power to reject applications on a case-by-case basis.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57732026
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Source: The Guardian and agencies
Israeli PM suffers setback in vote on Arab citizenship rights law
Parliament fails to renew law barring Arab citizens from extending citizenship rights to spouses
Bethan McKernan and agencies
Tue 6 Jul 2021 10.57 BST
The Israeli parliament has voted down an extension to controversial legislation that bars Arab Israelis from extending residency or citizenship rights to Palestinian spouses, in an early blow to the country’s new coalition government.
After a marathon all-night voting session that ended on Tuesday morning, the Knesset decided not to renew the law in a 59-59 vote. The outcome is widely seen as a stinging defeat for the prime minister, Naftali Bennett, who failed to unite the coalition’s disparate ideological wings in what he reportedly himself referred to as a “referendum” on the new government.
The vote means the law will expire at midnight and could trigger as many as 15,000 citizenship applications from people living in the West Bank and Gaza – a development the legislation’s supporters say poses security issues and threatens Israel’s Jewish character.
The interior minister, Ayalet Shaked, tweeted after the vote that watching members of Likud, former prime minister Benjamin Neyanyahu’s centre-right party, celebrate the vote’s outcome, alongside the Religious Zionism party and the Arab Joint List, was “madness” and a “great victory for post-Zionism”.
The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, which human rights groups say is racist and prevents thousands of families from reuniting or living together, was introduced as temporary emergency legislation during the peak of the second intifada in 2003 in an attempt to quell terrorist attacks inside Israel.
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Parliament fails to renew law barring Arab citizens from extending citizenship rights to spouses
Bethan McKernan and agencies
Tue 6 Jul 2021 10.57 BST
The Israeli parliament has voted down an extension to controversial legislation that bars Arab Israelis from extending residency or citizenship rights to Palestinian spouses, in an early blow to the country’s new coalition government.
After a marathon all-night voting session that ended on Tuesday morning, the Knesset decided not to renew the law in a 59-59 vote. The outcome is widely seen as a stinging defeat for the prime minister, Naftali Bennett, who failed to unite the coalition’s disparate ideological wings in what he reportedly himself referred to as a “referendum” on the new government.
The vote means the law will expire at midnight and could trigger as many as 15,000 citizenship applications from people living in the West Bank and Gaza – a development the legislation’s supporters say poses security issues and threatens Israel’s Jewish character.
The interior minister, Ayalet Shaked, tweeted after the vote that watching members of Likud, former prime minister Benjamin Neyanyahu’s centre-right party, celebrate the vote’s outcome, alongside the Religious Zionism party and the Arab Joint List, was “madness” and a “great victory for post-Zionism”.
The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, which human rights groups say is racist and prevents thousands of families from reuniting or living together, was introduced as temporary emergency legislation during the peak of the second intifada in 2003 in an attempt to quell terrorist attacks inside Israel.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/06/israeli-pm-suffers-setback-in-vote-on-arab-citizenship-rights-law
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