Israeli court ruling on citizenship called ‘racist’

 
 
 
 

AL JAZEERA:  Israel’s Supreme Court has upheld a controversial law that bans most Palestinians who marry Israelis from obtaining either citizenship or residency in the country….

The law is believed to have prevented thousands of Palestinians from living with their spouses.

Civil rights groups had argued that Israel’s Basic Laws, the country’s de facto constitution, grant all citizens the right to family life. They also say that few Palestinian spouses of Israelis have ever been involved in violence…   (more)

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