Talk:Israeli nationality law
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This article leaves out the Israeli distinction between citizenship and nationality (a distinction not made in other nations). Loosely, all who live permanently in Israel have citizenship, but only those covered by the "Law of Return" have nationality. Amongst many other disadvantages, those without nationality cannot use "national" lands, which cover 93% of the State of Israel.
Some of the information can be found here[1] or[2] .............. In its conclusions, CERD [Geneva's UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination] said it would welcome receiving more information on how the State party envisages the development of the national identity of all its citizens. Some 13 NGOs ................ argued the existence of a fundamental system-wide commitment to an exclusive nationality status conveying special rights for Jewish nationals. Citizenship and nationality are two separate and distinct classifications within a two-tiered structure of civil status in Israel, it added. The actual 'Law of Citizenship' [ezrahut], when combined with other laws, ensures special rights and privileges conveyed only to 'Jewish nationals,' and provide the institutional basis for material discrimination against the indigenous Palestinian-Arab people in all areas under Israel's jurisdiction and effective control. The NGO report also said that State institutions and courts have rejected petitions to recognize an 'Israeli nationality.' The Committee said it regretted that many of the questions sent in advance to the [Israeli delegation] remained unanswered, and that, despite previous requests, the report has not provided any information on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, due to the position of the State party that [ICERD] does not apply to these Territories. The Committee also expressed concern about the denial of the right of many Palestinians to return and repossess their land in Israel, adding that CERD reiterates its view expressed in its previous concluding observations on [the refugee] issue and urges the State party to assure equality in the right to return to one's country and in the possession of property. The return of Palestinian refuges who fled or were expelled from their homes during the conflict arising from the 1948 creation of the state of Israel remains the main red line for most Israelis, who declare it to be unfeasible and unthinkable, and likely to result in an immediate war. Meanwhile, Israeli foreign minister Tzippi Livni recently reiterated the position put to the UN General Assembly in September 2000 by former foreign minister Shlomo Ben Ami that Palestinian refugees can return only to a future state of Palestine, but not to their former homes and properties. International legal experts say that the right of Palestinian refugees to return can be based more firmly on the UN's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, rather than on the UN General Assembly's multi-part resolution 194, often called the Right to Return resolution. Both these documents were adopted in December 1948. PalestineRemembered 14:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
