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05.11.05
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Jewish Agency Chairman set to step down
New immigration policy may limit automatic Israeli citizenship to Jews
By: israelinsider staff and partners   
Published: May 11, 2005   
 
The most far-reaching proposal would prevent automatic citizenship for children of Israelis if the children were not born in Israel, or if only one parent is Israeli.

Among the proposed formulas under consideration is denying citizenship procedures to illegal aliens, and imposing criteria such as income, age and affiliation to Israel for citizenship applications, including foreign spouses of Israelis.

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Gov't mulls severe new immigration, citizenship policy  - (Haaretz)  05.11.2005
 
 

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