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Coalition revives contentious bid to limit Law of Return; this time, it may pass

The government is again debating a contentious change to the Law of Return that would deny people with only one Jewish grandparent the automatic right to immigrate to Israel. The proposal, which was ...
The Jewish Exponent

Israeli Supreme Court Rules That Law of Return Extends to Widows of Children, Grandchildren of Jews

Israel’s Supreme Court upheld an earlier ruling that the non-Jewish widows of the children and grandchildren of Jews may emigrate to Israel under its Law of Return. The 4-3 ruling this week was an ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Law of return reform reignites debate over Jewish identity in Israel - opinion

Having taught the story of Israel for years, I’ve watched students grapple with a question that cuts to the heart of Zionism’s founding purpose: why does Israel’s Law of Return ground the right of ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Israel expels British Jewish activist who tried to immigrate under Law of Return

Leo Franks was detained at a protest against Israel’s Gaza policy and while supporting Palestinians in the West Bank before his aliyah application was mysteriously closed. When Leo Franks landed in ...
The Forward

Israeli Supreme Court rules that Israel’s Law of Return extends to widows of children and grandchildren of Jews

(JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court upheld an earlier ruling that the non-Jewish widows of the children and grandchildren of Jews may emigrate to Israel under its Law of Return. The 4-3 ruling this week ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Israeli Supreme Court rules that Israel’s Law of Return extends to widows of children and grandchildren of Jews

The ruling was an example of the court’s role in determining Israeli policy, a status that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had sought for months to diminish. (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme ...