Israel Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Israeli citizenship law=== The two primary pieces of legislation relating to Israeli citizenship are the 1950 [[Law of Return]] and 1952 Citizenship Law. The law of return grants Jews the unrestricted right to immigrate to Israel and obtain Israeli citizenship. Individuals born within the country receive citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a citizen.<ref>{{cite report |last1=Harpaz |first1=Yossi |last2=Herzog |first2=Ben |title=Report on Citizenship Law: Israel |publisher=[[European University Institute]] |date=June 2018 |hdl=1814/56024 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Israeli law defines Jewish nationality as distinct from Israeli nationality. In fact, the [[Supreme Court of Israel]] has ruled that an Israeli nationality does not exist.<ref name='tekiner'>{{cite journal |last=Tekiner |first=Roselle |year=1991 |title=Race and the Issue of National Identity in Israel |journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=39β55 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |jstor=163931 |doi=10.1017/S0020743800034541 |s2cid=163043582 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Goldenberg |first=Tia |date=4 October 2013 |title=Supreme Court rejects 'Israeli' nationality status |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/supreme-court-rejects-israeli-nationality-status/ |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |access-date=6 November 2018 |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213205459/https://www.timesofisrael.com/supreme-court-rejects-israeli-nationality-status/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A Jewish national is defined in Israel law as any person practicing Judaism and their descendants.<ref name='tekiner'/> Legislation has defined Israel as the [[nation state]] of the Jewish people since 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Berger |first=Miriam |date=31 July 2018 |title=Israel's hugely controversial "nation-state" law, explained |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |url=https://www.vox.com/world/2018/7/31/17623978/israel-jewish-nation-state-law-bill-explained-apartheid-netanyahu-democracy |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127192528/https://www.vox.com/world/2018/7/31/17623978/israel-jewish-nation-state-law-bill-explained-apartheid-netanyahu-democracy |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page