Israeli lawmakers on Sunday voted to extend the country’s controversial citizenship law that prohibits Palestinian spouses from obtaining citizenship or permanent residency by marrying an Israeli citizen, which was first put in place in 2003.
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LEAKED ISRAELI INTEL: NEW “SETTLEMENT”, PUSH PALESTINIANS FROM OUT OF GAZA
A leaked Israeli document indicated that Israeli leadership is considering moving all 2 million Palestinians from Gaza and into Egypt’s Sinai peninsula—as Israel played down the document as merely “initial thoughts” on the matter.
ISRAEL ON BRINK OF CIVIL WAR
Some 70,000 protesters held a rally outside Jerusalem’s Knesset on Monday to voice outrage over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government’s effort to erase the country’s system of checks and balances by overhauling the judicial system.
ISRAEL BLAMED FOR FIRE THAT KILLED 21 IN GAZA
Hamas blamed the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip for contributing to the devastating house fire last week that killed 21 people at a party celebrating a birthday and graduation.
4 KILLED, DOZENS WOUNDED IN ISRAELI WEST BANK RAID
A major clash broke out in the occupied West Bank last week that resulted in at least four deaths and 44 wounded at the Jenin Refugee Camp after Israel forces said they faced resistance.