Tag: Citizenship
Spanish cops nab six suspects for Sephardic citizenship fraud
Police in Spain have arrested six people suspected of giving the government false information on behalf of clients to facilitate their naturalization based on a 2015 law for descendants of Sephardic Jews, the El País newspaper...
Israel’s oldest citizen turns 110
Israel's most senior citizen marked her 110th birthday this week with a heartfelt celebration organized by the staff at Netanya's Laniado Hospital.
Born in 1914 in Kraśnik, Poland, Tzila Cohen immigrated to pre-state Israel alone...
New German citizenship law mandates support of Israel’s right to exist
Germany will require those applying for a passport to affirm they believe that Israel has a right to exist.
The country’s new citizenship law goes into effect this week as part of a promise by Chancellor Olaf...
Israelis seeking green cards face hostile questions about IDF service
Israelis applying for U.S. green cards (permanent resident cards) are reporting the introduction of a new line of questioning regarding their military service.
While visitors to the United States have been asked basic questions about...
New German citizenship questions ask about Jews, Israel, Holocaust
To pass the test to become a citizen of Germany, applicants must answer 17 questions correctly out of 33, drawn from a potential pool of 300 questions amended to test knowledge about Jewish life and history.
Examples of the...
No ancient Roman racism, says Ramaswamy at Jewish spoils-funded Colosseum
There was no “racism” in ancient Rome, when “emperors were white, black, Arab, didn’t matter,” former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wrote on Sunday.
The entrepreneur posted photos on social media on Sunday of him and his family...
MKs: Extend order barring citizenship through marriage for Palestinians
Lawmakers in Jerusalem on Monday gave initial approval to renewing a temporary order barring Palestinians from Judea, Samaria and Gaza from automatically receiving Israeli citizenship through marriage, amid growing calls to enact permanent legislation,...
Shaked withdraws bill to revoke terrorists’ Israeli citizenship
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked (Yamina) on Sunday backtracked on her plan to propose a bill seeking to revoke the citizenship of Israeli citizens who commit terrorist acts.
Shaked retracted the proposed legislation, which is based...
Citizenship Law gets second chance as Knesset passes first reading
The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law has a new lease on life, passing its first reading in the Knesset on Feb. 7, the start of a lengthy legislative process. The law, which essentially...
Family reunification bill for Palestinian spouses passes first reading in Knesset
A bill seeking to regulate the status and residency of Palestinian spouses of Arab Israelis passed its first reading in the Knesset on Monday night.
The “family reunification law” was first approved as a temporary...