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Knesset vote on change to Law of Return postponed

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Published: 28 August 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Bill tried to change eligibility from Jewish grandparent to parent; proposer from religious Right, Bezalel Smotrich, withdrew it after lack of support

Vote on change to Law of Return postponed (Jerusalem Post)
Smotrich officially rescinded it ostensibly to give the coalition a chance to consider it, but really the bill lacked support

New bill aims to change law regarding who can make Aliyah (Jerusalem Post)
Since 1970, the law, and its accompanying aliyah benefits, have applied to anyone with a Jewish grandparent. One of the reasons was that the Nuremberg Laws of the Nazis applied to anyone with a Jewish grandparent
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