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Confrontation in the debate on changing the Law of Return: "Not to make Israel a state of all its citizens"

There was a heated debate in the plenum on MK Smutrich's proposal to repeal the "grandson clause," which grants the right to citizenship to a Jew's grandson, even if he is not Jewish according to halakhah. "You have a historic opportunity in hand," the lawmaker said. Here only to incite hatred. "The vote was postponed by three months

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Yaki Adamkar

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The Knesset plenum will put to the vote today (Wednesday) a preliminary reading of MK Bezalel Smutrich's proposal to the right to repeal the "grandson section" in the Law of Return. Announced that he refuses to do so, and intends to demand a vote on the bill in a preliminary reading, then it will be possible to block the advancement of legislation until agreements are reached.The

Law of Return, which states that every Jew is allowed to immigrate to Israel and receive Israeli citizenship, was passed in 1950. The law, which states that the right is also granted to a child and grandchild of a Jew, even if he himself is not a Jew according to Halacha.

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Smutrich (Photo: Adina Velman, Knesset Spokeswoman)

Through the amendment to the Law of Return, an opening was opened for the immigration of hundreds of thousands of people who came to Israel in the 1990s from the Commonwealth of Independent States. Among the immigrants were those who saw themselves as belonging to the Jewish people, even though they were not Jews according to Halacha. The explanatory notes to the bill, wrote MK Smotrich that "grandchild clause" meant that the law is utilized by many severed all ties with the Jewish people and its traditions, and practice emptying the law to the original purpose, which is to open its gates to the Jews of the Diaspora.

"The purpose of the The amendment is to reduce the rights of family members who fall within the scope of the law, in such a way that the descendants entitled to it will be only the children of a Jew and not his grandchildren, in order to prevent one of the great absurdities in the Israeli law book - the most clear Jewish law gives sweeping kosher entry.

"The grandchildren further contribute to the state more than all your extremist rabbis combined." Lapid (Photo: Oren Ben Hakon)

During the plenary debate, loud clashes developed in which Smutrich said "you have a historic opportunity in hand, Israel must not be made a state of all its citizens." Opposition MKs, including Yair Lapid, Oded Forer and Yulia Milnovsky, call him "you are the one who wants to destroy the Jewish people." MK Elazar Stern told Smutrich that "you know there is no chance for this law, you are here only to incite hatred." , To which he replied: "You are all hate." Smutrich called Lapid and Lieberman "haters of the Jews," and called on MKs in the coalition to support the law.

Lapid attacked Smutrich and said that he was "a racist, ignorant and the people of the land and you do not understand how the Jewish people are protected. The grandchildren further contribute to the state more than all your extremist rabbis combined, who are you to determine? Cheeky. "

Minister Gila Gamliel proposed to Smutrich on behalf of the government to postpone the vote for three months in order to reach an agreement, and he responded positively and explained:" I am happy and appreciate that the government understands that this is an important and real law. Everyone who has responsibility for the State of Israel and its future, and for the future of the physical existence of the Jewish people. "

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