12.01.2012                      17.Tewet. 5772

Innenpolitik:

'Citizenship law decision a stain on Israeli law'

MK Gal-On, ACRI slam High Court decision to uphold law that excludes Palestinians married to Israelis from naturalizing.

MK Zehava Gal-On (Meretz) on Thursday slammed Wednesday's High Court of Justice decision upholding the Citizenship and Entry Law, saying the decision is a stain on Israel's law books. The court rejected a petition against the law, which makes Palestinians married to Israelis ineligible for Israeli citizenship. Gal-On filed the petition along with The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (Adalah).
A majority of six justices versus five ruled that "the right to a family life does not necessarily have to be realized within the borders of Israel." In the majority opinion, Justice Asher Grunis wrote that "human rights" cannot be enacted at the price of "national suicide"….