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

Israeli ‘e-residents'

Estonia allows people living outside the country to get “e-residency.”

JUNE 23, 2015ByLAWRENCE J. EPSTEIN
Students at Hadassah college

No regrets for Jerusalem passport lawsuit

Two weeks ago our amazing 12-year journey, in which we had the privilege to represent tens of thousands of American-Israelis, came to an end.

JUNE 22, 2015ByARI Z. ZIVOTOFSKY
Israeli passport [Illustrative]

Inclusion, expulsion and division in Israeli society

We, Israeli citizens as well as the asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan, ought not to fight against each other. We need to fight together for a solution.

JUNE 7, 2015ByTAL HARRIS
Ethiopian Israelis take part in a protest in Tel Aviv on May 3 against police racism and brutality

New MKs giving up foreign citizenship from UK, US, Russia and Argentina

Israel's basic law requires an MK to renounce foreign citizenship before serving in the Knesset.

MARCH 25, 2015ByLAHAV HARKOV
US passport [Illustrative]

Questions of identity: Millenials

DECEMBER 23, 2014ByCAROLINE IGRA
The Jerusalem Post

Israeli tourists on cruise prevented from disembarking in Tunis

Passengers were told quietly by staff aboard Norwegian ship that they were not welcome per the Tunisian government during the stop.

MARCH 10, 2014ByJTA
Norwegian Jade cruise ship

'Burning Lieberman photos on Land Day is legitimate'

MK Barakeh says FM's party "challenges existence of Arabs;" police on high alert; Tibi: Israelis have complex, think we want to kill them.

MARCH 30, 2011ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Palestinians in Ramallah rallying for unity 311 R