My two cents -- I understand that Denmark for instance has some rather draconian laws about what happens when one of its citizens marries someone who is not an EU citizen.
On 12/3/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hm. I wonder if actually reading the law would mean something. It's either > that or believe a media source that just loves to demonize israel (as > Haaretz, a very left leaning paper is known to do). But lets ignore them and > look at the law. > 1. It applies to all, not just Israel Arabs. Jews, Bedouins, Israel Arabs, > everyone. > 2. It only prohibits Palestinians from the Palestinian Territories from > becoming Israeli citizens due to marriage. > 3. It does not prohibit marriage, it prohibits citizenship. > 4. It is based on very real security concerns > > As it does allow people from places other than the Palestinian Territories > to becoming citizens though marriage (to ANY Israeli), it fits right up > there with citizenship laws from such countries as Switzerland, which has 3 > basic rules when dealing with citizenship through marriage: > * integration into the Swiss way of life; > * compliance with the Swiss rule of law; > * no danger to Switzerland's internal or external security. > All Israel is looking at is that last rule. > > I guess that blows the hell out of the apartheid crack. I really wonder if > people throwing that term around really look at the facts or just listen to > what the media tells them? There seem to be a lot of people using the term > and I really wonder if most of them even knows what it means. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221620 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
