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Arubis on March 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palest...

Does naturalization in this particular context confer citizenship with voting rights? I’m curious if blocking shifts in the electorate is a motive for this move.

simiones on March 11, 2022 [–]

Yes, that is precisely the reason. This is what the mention of "the Jewish character" of Israel boils down to.

They will also claim it is about preventing terrorism, but that is an extremely transparent fig leaf.

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