Revocation of citizenship

CLICK HERE to read the Q&A in a PDF format CLICK HERE to read an unofficial translation of the bill What does the proposed bill entail? The law introduces two similar amendments to the Entry...

Adalah: the bill seeks to further expand Israel’s longstanding policy of creating two separate legal tracks for citizenship based on racial identity, as this measure is designed to be used...

On 21 July 2022, an expanded seven-justice panel of the Israeli Supreme Court delivered a ruling upholding the constitutionality of a 2008 amendment to the 1952 Citizenship Law (Article 11(2)(b))....

The Interior Minister may now strip citizenship from citizens of Israel convicted of offenses that constitute a "breach of loyalty", even if they become stateless. Adalah and ACRI: “This decision...

It is illegal under IHL to impose upon East Jerusalem residents an obligation of loyalty to the occupying power

Move comes in response to Adalah, ACRI appeal against lower court’s decision to revoke citizenship of Palestinian citizen of Israel convicted of attempted murder.

MK Touma-Suleiman: This could be preface to transfer of Naqab Arabs; policy aimed exclusively at Bedouin citizens – no Israeli Jews have been affected.

Alaa Zayoud will be left stateless, in contravention of international law; Adalah, ACRI to appeal 'dangerous precedent' to Supreme Court.

Israeli Interior Minister's moves to revoke citizenship of those convicted of acts defined as "breaches of loyalty" are being applied in discriminatory manner against Palestinian citizens of Israel.