2017/01/02 by Ben Herzog · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Middle East Politics and Society #Turkey's Politics and Society
paper · doi:10.1080/13531042.2017.1317668
openalex publication_date 2017/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06
Because of the significance attached to it, the Knesset passed the 1950 Law of Return in an unprecedentedly short time, but it took two more years to pass the Citizenship Law. The official protocols regarding the legislation of Israel’s Citizenship Law illuminate the main concerns of the drafters. The goal of the emerging national citizenship regime was not just to promote Jewish immigration but to establish a modern state that prohibited dual citizenship, accepted naturalizations, prevented statelessness, and granted equal citizenship to women. These policies are accumulations of countless opinions, values, interests, and ideas, each with different conceptions of citizenship and nationhood.