Michael, you are right, it's not as bad as other laws, but do you think this is law is good? Certainly the bad laws of other countries should not make it ok to have a 'kinda bad' or 'not as bad' law.
-rc > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: New Law for Israeli-Palestinian Couples > > > The law is designed to prevent Palestinians (who want their > own state) from marrying Israelis (who have their own state) > and becoming a member of the second state. This does not > prevent such marriages but limits the ability of the > non-Israeli partner from gaining Israeli citizenship. This is > much better than the laws that totally prevent people from > one nation/group from marrying people from another. Such laws > exist in other countries that neighbor the state in question. > (i.e. it is illegal for a Jew to marry an Arab in many > (most?) Arab countries, something that doesn't garner the > same ire as the new Israeli law) > > " (IsraelNN.com) The Knesset yesterday passed the > controversial Citizenship Law by a 53-25 vote. The law is > intended to limit the number of PA residents eligible for > citizenship or residency permits inside Green Line Israel. > > Proponents of the law explain they were compelled to support > it due to the security considerations involved. > > Opponents of the law called it "racist" and reject any > attempt to legitimize it by citing security concerns. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
