{"id":2620,"date":"2015-01-04T19:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T19:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2015-01-28T17:40:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T17:40:06","slug":"dual-citizens-can-i-become-a-citizen-of-israel-and-my-own-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/dual-citizens-can-i-become-a-citizen-of-israel-and-my-own-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Dual citizens: can I become a citizen of Israel and my own country ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Tom Brennan
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Dual Citizen<\/p><\/div>
\nIsrael is one of the nations that allows dual citizenship. What is involved in dual citizenship ? The most immediate answer is the Law of the Return allows any Jew to make aliyah to Israel and take up residency. Those coming to Israel are eligible for citizenship and may retain their citizenship in their native country if that nation allows it by law. The Law of Return guarantees the right to reside in Israel and those who do so usually become citizens. Citizens of Israel are Israelis for all purposes and do not need passports to return when traveling outside. They are required to serve in the IDF unless exempt by health condition or age. Members of the Knesset cannot be dual citizens. Israelis cannot renounce their citizenship but the Ministry of the Interior can cancel it as per circumstance.<\/p>\n

The Law of Return was expanded to include spouses of Jews, children of spouses, grandchildren of spouses unless the first ancestor had practiced a non-Jewish faith. The Law of the Return was intended to bring back the dispossessed, exiles and persecuted. It does not automatically grant citizenship but that is the usual result.<\/p>\n

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