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=== News Update ===
ONCE AGAIN RACISM SHOWS ITS UGLY FACE IN ISRAEL
Desert Peace
November 29, 2006
A new amendment to the Israeli Citizenship and Entry Law is meeting with
opposition from the entire left section in the Knesset... both Jews and
Palestinians.
The new amendment, if passed, will divide even more families than are
already suffering. It is not specifically aimed at Arabs (so they say)
but at all non Jews.... this to make it appear not racist. Perhaps in
the minds of demented racists that logic works... not to anyone with a
sense of reality and justice.
The new amendment is racist and must be defeated.... if not, Israel
takes yet another step backwards into oblivion.
Below is a report from HaAretz about the opposition to the law and the
law itself.
Amendment to citizenship law rapped across political spectrum By Shahar
Ilan and Gideon Alon, Haaretz Correspondents
Sharp criticism was voiced across the political spectrum on Wednesday at
the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environmental Committee over a proposed
amendment to the Citizenship and Entry Law, which would obligate anyone
without a valid residency permit to leave the country for a cooling-off
period of one to five years.
Most non-residents seeking legal status are in the country illegally and
since the Interior Ministry's population registry - the body that issues
permits, visas and citizenship - makes it very hard for non-Jews to
obtain residency permits. The amendment would therefore affect tens of
thousands of families with at least one non-resident member.
If passed, the amendment could revolutionize the enforcement of
immigration policy, further shut the gates of entry to non-Jews and
greatly damage the right of Israelis to choose their life partners.
MK Raleb Majadele(Labor), chairman of the committee, asked the Interior
Ministry to send statistics describing the population that the amendment
would most likely affect.
Meretz Chairman Yossi Beilin said he was ashamed of the Justice Ministry
for supporting such a proposal. "How can the ministry defend such a
racist amendment? A devilish brain is behind this amendment," Beilin
said
MK Yoram Marciano (Labor) said, "We must prohibit such a bad law from
passing," while MK Jamal Zahalka (Balad) said, "This is an unprecedented
catastrophe. The government caused them to be illegal residents without
their consent."
MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) said, "There is nothing positive about this law.
It hurts a long line of people."
MK Marina Solodkin (Kadima) said "The law will disrupt the normal lives
of the people in the country."
In addition, MK Yitzhak Aharonovich (Yisrael Beiteinu) said he would
demand that the law not apply to immediate family members.
The government has simultaneously proposed extending the Citizenship and
Entry Law by two years, until the end of 2008, despite the harsh
criticism leveled at it by the High Court of Justice.
The current temporary order is valid until January 16, 2007, and must
either be extended or replaced before that date. Last week, the interior
ministry's legal adviser, Yehuda Zameret, issued a memorandum of the new
draft law.
The government seeks to expand the law to cover several "threatening
states," presumably mainly Arab and Muslim countries.
The bill gives Israel the right to reject an applicant who meets all the
criteria "if in the applicant's country of residency or if within his
vicinity of residence activities liable to endanger the security of the
State of Israel or its citizens take place." This clause ostensibly
gives Israel the right to reject any resident of the Palestinian
Authority or any Arab country.
The Hadash Party submitted a motion of no-confidence to the government
Wednesday because of the government's intention of extending the law. MK
Mohammed Barakeh said that, "The government has decided to worsen the
law to a racist direction, using excusing that have no basis."
source:
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m28637&hd=&size=1&l=e
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