Israeli citizenship

Netanyahu announces he will propose laws to revoke citizenship of people 'smearing' IDF

A second law Netanyahu said he would present would multiply by 20 the amount it would be possible to sue people for over slandering the IDF.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, votes in Likud party primary elections ahead of Israel’s general election in October, in Jerusalem, Monday, August. 17, 2026.
Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor receive the Special Jury Award for "Naza" during the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, Italy, September 12, 2026.

Israel to seek revocation of 'NAZA' filmmakers' citizenship over 'treason,' culture minister says

Culture Minister Miki Zohar called the Venice-winning documentary an “act of treason,” while its creators defended the film and urged Israelis to see it before judging it.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
THE EXPECTATION that citizens should roam the length and breadth of the country in order to find an appointment slot somewhere to renew a passport is preposterous.

Proposed Law of Return amendment sparks debate over conversion standards in Israel

Religious coalition lawmakers frame the bill as a return to halachic conversion standards, while opponents say it would hand the religious establishment greater control over Jewish identity

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem

Adalah petitions High Court to return bodies of six Arab citizens withheld by Israel

Palestinian legal group Adalah petitions Israel’s High Court to return the bodies of six Arab citizens, challenging the longstanding policy that justified withholding bodies for leverage.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

What do eastern Jerusalem's Palestinian residents want for the future?

A recent survey shines a light on 1,000 Palestinians’ current concerns and future behavioral patterns.

MAY 19, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
VALENTINE’S DAY gifts on offer in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, Feb. 14.

Israel's Interior Ministry must make aliyah for Jews easier - opinion

These bureaucratic overlords do not respect or revere the law and have gone way beyond what they should be permitted to judge as it pertains to one’s family heritage.

APRIL 5, 2023ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
An illustration picture shows a new Israeli passport and an Old Israeli passport with American Visa in Jerusalem, on January 18, 2023.

Bill taking Israeli citizenship from ‘pay-for-slay’ terrorists is now law

The final reading saw the bill pass 94-10. The bill has received wide bipartisan support during the legislative process, with some opposition from Arab parties.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
AN ISRAELI flag hangs as a religious man ponders at the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23.

Bill revoking citizenship for 'pay-for-slay' terrorists reaches final vote

If the bill passes in the Knesset, the interior minister would be able to revoke Israeli citizenship or residency over what is commonly referred to as "pay-for-slay"

FEBRUARY 14, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
AN ISRAELI flag hangs as a religious man ponders at the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23.

Israel releases Arab-Israeli who killed soldier in 1983

‘We are ready to sacrifice more,’ says Karim Younis • Deri: Revoke his citizenship

JANUARY 5, 2023ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Longest serving Palestinian prisoner, Karim Younis, gestures as he is welcomed at his village, after he was freed from Israeli jail earlier today, in Ara, Israel January 5, 2023.

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.

JANUARY 4, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
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.

DECEMBER 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

NOVEMBER 28, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.

OCTOBER 11, 2022ByNOA FEIGENBAUM
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.

JULY 21, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
High Court of Justice May 3, 2020