Israeli citizenship

Israel’s Supreme Court blocks automatic citizenship for non-Jewish children of immigrants

The 6-1 decision by the Supreme Court overturns a precedent set only months earlier, and restores the Interior Ministry’s longstanding interpretation of the law.

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025
 RELEASED HOSTAGE Edan Alexander embraces his father as he reunites with his family.

I still trust my Israeli passport because I have faith in the Israeli people - opinion

 Plane flying over Tehran airport.

Fear in the sky: How to avoid flying over enemy territory, what to do if you land there

A tag is seen with images of Yarden, Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas

'Unspeakably evil': Kfir, Ariel Bibas were brutally murdered in Gaza captivity, not by IAF strike


Arye Deri calls to strip Palestinian terror 'icons' of Israeli citizenship

It's "unthinkable" that Karim and Maher Younis, who killed Sgt. Abraham Bromberg in 1980, "would continue to hold Israeli citizenship," Deri said.

 Interior and Health Arye Deri is seen in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023

Russia investigating journalist over failure to disclose Israeli citizenship

Parfyonov received Israeli citizenship in 2017, but now resides in Georgia.

 Russian journalist Leonid Parfyonov applauds during a news conference, organized by the League of Voters committee, to discuss the results of the recent presidential election in Moscow, March 7, 2012.

Latvian President Egils Levits on his state visit to Israel

Levits is one of three heads of state in the world who are of known Jewish descent. The other two are Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Israel's President Isaac Herzog.

 Latvian President Egils Levits speaks during a news conference in Kaunas, Lithuania November 25, 2022.

Israeli-Russian billionaire Yuri Milner renounces Russian citizenship

Russian-Israeli billionaire philanthropist Yuri Milner renounced his citizenship with Russia after he left Russia in 2014.

Russian entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner arrives on the red carpet during the second annual Breakthrough Prize Awards at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California November 9, 2014

High Court upholds law to revoke citizenship of Israeli terrorists

The court decided to cancel the revocation of the citizenship of two terrorists, but ruled the law, in general, is constitutional.

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

On This Day: Israel passes Law of Return to grant entry to all Jews, 72 years ago

The Law of Return remains controversial in Israel among those on the Right, who think it lets non-halachic Jews make aliyah, and on the Left, who note a double standard for Arabs and Palestinians.

NEW IMMIGRANTS from North America disembark at Ben-Gurion Airport after a flight arranged by Nefesh B’Nefesh.

Israel grants basketball player Jared Armstrong temporary residence

The decision has temporarily ended a months-long saga of rejections, petitions from influential figures and accusations of racism.

 Jared Armstrong, left, on a Birthright Israel trip in 2021. Armstrong, a basketball player who had received an offer to play for an Israeli club team, petitioned the Israeli government for citizenship for months.

Stop all these hurdles to attain Israeli citizenship - editorial

“I grew up an observant Jew. We kept Shabbat and the High Holy Days. I was not allowed to play sports on Saturday. Instead, you would find me in shul.”

 Jared Armstrong, center, appealed the Israeli Interior Ministry's denial of his application for Israeli citizenship but his appeal was denied Wednesday.

Controversial citizenship bill passed into law

The bill aims to tighten immigration controls, making it harder for Palestinians who marry Israeli Arabs to receive citizenship.

 Ra'am head Mansour Abbas at the Knesset plenum, December 15, 2021.

Family reunification bill set to pass into law on Wednesday

The citizenship law makes it harder for Palestinians who marry Arab-Israelis to receive citizenship.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, Transport Minister Merav Michaeli, and Yamina MK Idit Silman ahead of the Citizenship Law vote, July 6, 2021