Citizenship Law

An illustration of a new Israeli passport and an old Israeli passport with different stamps in Jerusalem, January 18, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Explainer: Israel expands power to strip Palestinians of citizenship and residency

A new law, passed by an overwhelming Knesset majority, is part of an ongoing process of entrenching separate legal systems for Jews and Palestinians.

By Adalah February 20, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and head of the opposition Benjamin Netanyahu at a debate in the Knesset plenum, Jerusalem, June 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

How Netanyahu and apartheid brought down Israel’s government

The Knesset's failure to re-authorize separate West Bank legal systems was the final straw, but Bibi remains the omnipresent issue driving Israeli politics.

By Haggai Matar June 21, 2022

Mossi Raz speaks at a Meretz central committee meeting, Tel Aviv, July 28, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

What keeps this Israeli leftist in a pro-occupation government?

MK Mossi Raz opens up about being part of a coalition that is 'moving to the right' on the occupation, and whether his Meretz party truly promotes Jewish-Arab partnership.

By Yoad Winter-Segev October 4, 2021

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Palestinian women cross the Qalandiya checkpoint, outside the West bank city of Ramallah, on June 23, 2017, (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel’s most racist law comes crumbling down — for now

The failure to renew the Citizenship Law offers Palestinian families a moment of respite. Four takeaways from the first big crisis plaguing the new coalition.

By Edo Konrad July 6, 2021

Leader of the Joint List Ayman Odeh seen during a protest for coexistence in Tel Aviv, May 15, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Ayman Odeh still wants to be Israel’s first Palestinian prime minister

In his first interview following the new government's formation, the Joint List head talks Ra’am’s decision to join the coalition, his steadfast support for two states, and why he thinks he can lead Israel's democratic camp to victory.

By Meron Rapoport July 5, 2021

Palestinian women wait to cross Qalandiya checkpoint as an Israeli security officer stands guard outside the West Bank city of Ramallah August 28, 2009. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

The law tearing Palestinian families apart

The controversial Citizenship Law is supposedly about maintaining Israel’s security. In reality, it’s a tool to engineer Israel’s population.

By Samah Salaime July 2, 2021

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sits with Labor Party head Merav Michaeli in the plenum hall of the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Jewish parties ‘compromise’ against Palestinians and call it democracy

Negotiations over a settlement outpost and a racist law show that Zionist parties of all stripes will find common ground to deny Palestinian rights.

By Orly Noy July 1, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left), Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (right), Israeli Presdint Reuven Rivlin (center) and other Israeli ministers pose for a group photo of the newly sworn in Israeli government, President's Residence, Jerusalem, June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why Israel’s new government brings grim news and rare hope

Two stories reveal that while the Bennett-Lapid government will remain bad on all things occupation, its fractured coalition could help undermine parts of its racist agenda.

By Haggai Matar June 30, 2021