Days of Palestine – Ramallah
Israeli occupation Knesset after more than 200 hours of deliberations, approved on Thursday night the “Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order),” 2022, by a 45-15 majority vote on 10 March 2021 which affirms that its purpose is to ensure a Jewish demographic majority.
Adalah Rights Organization said in a statement that “The Citizenship and Entry into Israel” Law is one of the most racist and discriminatory laws in the world, and must immediately be repealed.”
Adalah stated that this racist Law bans the unification of Palestinian families, as it prohibits the interior Minister from granting residency or citizenship status to Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip who are married to Palestinian citizens of Israel.
It also bans unification between a citizen or resident of Israel with spouses from “enemy states”, including Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran, human rights organization added.
Adalah stressed that no other state bans its citizens from exercising their basic right to family life, based solely on their national or ethnic identity.
For 18 years, the Knesset has repeatedly renewed the ban, and the state has defended the legality of the measure before the Israeli Supreme Court using unsubstantiated and baseless security arguments.
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