The Minister of the Interior, Ayelet Shaked, is withdrawing her intention to pass the law denying citizenship to terrorists.
Shaked withdrew from the law, which was already published in Reshumot, after a conversation between her people and the Ministry of Justice revealed that he would not stand the test of the High Court.
Under the original bill, an Israeli citizen convicted of a terrorist act and found to be receiving terrorist benefits from the Palestinian Authority will lose his Israeli citizenship.
Instead, he will be referred for a Palestinian passport because in his actions he testified that he is loyal to it and not to the State of Israel.
Shaked has pledged several times throughout the year she has been in office that she will pass the law.
However, those around her say that the Ministry of Justice has made it clear in the preliminary hearings that the High Court will invalidate the law as it is currently worded, and that the prosecution does not intend to defend it when the petitions against it are submitted to the Supreme Court.
Instead of denying citizenship, Shaked now intends to promote in legislation the denial of benefits to Israelis convicted of terrorist activity.
This is despite the fact that a similar law already exists and is partially implemented.
In addition, additional options are being considered for the lower status of Israeli terrorists, but at this stage no legislative proceedings will be initiated, until the High Court ruling on the issue, which is expected in the next two months.
The original bill to deny citizenship to Israel convicted of terrorist activity was initiated by MK Orit Struck (Religious Zionism) and Avi Dichter (Likud). In its legislation.
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