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Israel s Knesset to Vote on Law Blocking Palestinian Spouses Residency Rights
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JERUSALEM, Middle East－Israel s parliament failed to renew a law on Tuesday that bars Arab citizens from extending citizenship or residency rights to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, in a tight vote that raised doubts about the viability of the country s new coalition government.
The 59-59 vote came after an all-night session of the Knesset, marking a major setback for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
The new Israeli leader, who had hoped to find a compromise between his hard-line Yamina party and the dovish factions in his disparate coalition, instead suffered a stinging defeat in a vote he reportedly described as a referendum on the new government. The vote means the law is now set to expire at midnight on Tuesday.
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Israeli PM Naftali Bennett
The Israeli parliament has voted down an extension to controversial legislation that bars Arab Israelis from extending residency or citizenship rights to Palestinian spouses, in an early blow to the country s new coalition government.
After a marathon all-night voting session that ended on Tuesday morning, the
Knesset decided not to renew the law in a 59-59 vote. The outcome is widely seen as a stinging defeat for the prime minister, Naftali Bennett, who failed to unite the coalition s disparate ideological wings in what he reportedly himself referred to as a referendum on the new government.
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Israeli Arab women hold a sign during a protest ahead of a vote by Israel’s parliament on renewing a law that bars Arab citizens of Israel from extending citizenship or even residency to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, outside the parliament building in Jerusalem, Monday, July 5, 2021. Israel’s new government faces an early challenge in deciding whether to renew the temporary law first enacted in 2003. Critics say it’s a racist measure aimed at limiting the growth of the Arab minority, while supporters say it’s needed for security reasons and to preserve Israel’s Jewish character. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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