Smotrich promises: "A good government will be established in the coming days" (Knesset Channel)
MK Yuli Edelstein of the Likud came out this afternoon (Tuesday) in a speech he gave in the Knesset plenum against the cancellation of the grandson clause in the Law of Returns, which the partners in the future coalition demand to be promoted. Edelstein said during a special debate to mark Aliyah Day that "If we come to changes in the Law of Returns, in five years it will not exist .
Therefore, let's not propose to make it a fundamental law, let's not propose to change anything in it, let's not propose to improve it.
Leave him alone."
Edelstein also said that "the demographic composition of the immigrants right now also worries me, but those who want to really change the demographic composition, invite me for a cup of coffee and I will give you a lot of advice.
The Law of Return should not be touched."
"Leave the law alone."
Edelstein in the Knesset, today (photo: Knesset spokeswoman, Noa Moshkowitz)
According to him, "With the right policy, many things can be changed without touching the Law of Return. I am all hope that the change will not happen for the worse, I am all hope that the dreams, which sometimes come true in the matter of immigrating to the Land of Israel, will indeed come true."
This is a firm statement from the Likud against the repeal of the section in the law.
At the beginning of the week, the prime minister-designate referred to the demand of the rest of the partnership and voiced a less decisive position.
He said that "there will be a long and drawn-out discussion, but I doubt there will be any change. It will require an in-depth discussion - you don't do it overnight."
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A message to the partnership in the future coalition.
Religious Zionist Chairman Bezalel Smotrich (Photo: Reuven Castro)
On Monday, the chairman of religious Zionism MK Bezalel Smotrich said that he intends to meet the demand of religious Zionism and the ultra-orthodox parties to cancel the grandson clause in the Law of Return as part of the summaries for the formation of the next government.
"We will stand by it, it is one of the biggest threats to Israeli demography, to the Jewish identity of the country and assimilation," said Smotrich in an interview with ultra-Orthodox radio Kol Barama.
"This is a social and Jewish time bomb that must be dealt with. We insist on it and will continue to insist on it. I suggest that we talk less and do more."
The grandson section is section 4a added to the Law of Return in 1970. This section grants the rights to the son or spouse, son, and grandson of a Jew, regardless of whether the Jew is still alive and if he immigrates to Israel together with his relatives.
The data published by the Knesset recently show that in 2020, about 72% of the immigrants under this section are not Jewish.
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