Showing posts with label offer of citizenship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label offer of citizenship. Show all posts

Thursday, October 07, 2010

Palestinians to Pledge Allegiance to 'Jewish State' to Become Israeli Citizens

THE TELEGRAPH: Palestinians who wish to become citizens of Israel are to be made to pledge allegiance to the country as a "Jewish state" under a controversial plan unveiled by Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday.

The Israeli prime minister's announcement, which threatened to sour the already hostile atmosphere blighting peace talks with the Palestinian leadership, ignited an immediate storm of protest.

Arab leaders holding Israeli citizenship denounced the proposal as "racist" and there was strong condemnation on the left of Mr Netanyahu's coalition government.

The move appeared to be a sop to Avigdor Lieberman, the hawkish foreign minister whose Israel Beiteinu party – the second largest in the coalition – has long accused the country's substantial Arab minority of being disloyal to the Jewish cause.

A fifth of Israel's 7.6 million people are Arab, the vast majority of whom were Palestinian until the creation of the state in 1948. The number does not include Palestinians living in the West Bank, Gaza or East Jerusalem.

Mr Lieberman has demanded that all Israel's Arab citizens, who are predominantly Muslim, be forced to swear loyalty to the state as Jewish.

The new proposal does not go that far, with only new citizens being required to recognise Israel as Jewish if the bill becomes law. At present, immigrants are merely required to be "loyal to the state of Israel". >>> Adrian Blomfield in Jerusalem | Thursday, October 07, 2010

Thursday, February 19, 2009

French Children of Nazi Soldiers to Be Offered German Citizenship

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THE TELEGRAPH: Germany is to offer citizenship to tens of thousands of 'war children' fathered by Nazi soldiers in France during the Second World War.

The move is being offered in recognition of the suffering of those who became known as the "bastards of the Boche" and often suffered discrimination

The German interior ministry said the move was a "symbolic gesture to make up for past wrongs" suffered by the children who are now in their 60s.

A spokesman said: "The German government is aware of the difficult fate of the French 'war children' accommodate those who want to apply for German citizenship. We will act generously with applications. For example, we will not levy fees."

The German foreign ministry has worked "intensively" with its French counterpart on the subject, he added.

Nevertheless, each of the offspring would have to apply for German citizenship individually, he said. >>> | Thursday, February 19, 2009

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