Israel’s coalition split over law on Palestinian family reunification ban

New govt faces first test over left-wing MK’s blocking of existing plan to renew regulation allowing Israel to refuse residency visas to Palestinians married to Israeli citizens

Bennett faces hurdles in attempts to renew Palestinian family reunification ban
Emergency regulation from 2003 allows Israel to refuse residency visas to Palestinians married to Israeli citizens; Meretz MK Friege says he will vote against renewing the measure

Meretz’s Frej won’t back extending ban on Palestinian family reunification
Position of Arab minister and MK may further complicate matters for coalition; Ra’am deputy chair says party looking at making adjustments to law

Explained: The controversial law that endangers the new Israeli government
Naftali Bennett's governing coalition is split on ideological grounds over whether to extend the law, which controls the reunification of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza with their partners who are Israeli citizens

Lacking a majority, Israel delays vote on Palestinian family reunification ban
With no consensus among coalition parties and the opposition declaring they won't support it, the annual renewal of the law blocking Palestinians from a route to citizenship via marrying an Israeli will not get past Knesset

Coalition scrambles for way to extend ban on Palestinian family reunification
Amid crisis, deal with Ra’am said to be proposed on law that bars West Bankers with Israeli spouse from obtaining citizenship; Likud set to oppose move, hoping to split coalition