Israeli citizenship law
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Israel has two primary pieces of legislation governing the requirements for citizenship: the 1950 Law of Return and the 1952 Citizenship Law. Every Jew has the unrestricted right to immigrate to Israe
A British mandate-era passport for a Palestinian resident
A welcoming for new immigrants from North America
Aliyah
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Aliyah is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine region, where the State of Israel was established. Traditionally described as "th
Israeli citizenship law
…legislation governing the requirements for citizenship: the 1950 Law of Return and the 1952 Citizenship Law. Every Jew has the unrestricted right to immigrate to Israel and become an Israeli citizen. Individuals born within the country receive citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a citizen. Non-Jewish foreigners…
Abba Hushi during his Hachshara, circa 1920
Survey of Palestine, showing place of origin of immigrants between 1922 and 1944
Certificate issued by the Jewish Agency in Warsaw, Poland, for immigrant to Mandatory Palestine, September 1935
Buchenwald survivors arrive in Haifa to be arrested by the British, July 15, 1945