ISRAEL’S NEW LAW TO STRIP ARAB ATTACKERS OF CITIZENSHIP
The Israeli Government has been making a series of changes recently. While the Judicial reforms proposed are creating a ruckus in the country, Knesset recently approved a new law against the Arabs involved in nationalistic attacks. According to the new law, the Israel Government is to deport the Arabs who are convicted of attacks and receive financial support from the Palestinian Government.
Contents
• Background
• Balfour Declaration
Background
The main reason for the Knesset to frame the law is age-old Israel – Palestine conflict. The land over which Israel and Palestine are fighting was once under the Ottoman Empire. After the First World War, it came under British control. There were very few Jews here. During Hitler’s rule, Jews from Europe started fleeing here. According to them, their ancestors lived here. As the Jewish population increased, they started demanding a separate land for their community. Arabs resisted their claim.
Balfour Declaration
In 1917, the UK which was controlling the land assured that it will help the Jewish people to establish a “National Home for the Jewish”. Arabs did not agree to this declaration. The dispute started with Balfour’s declaration. However, the UK succeeded and created land for Jews with the help of the League of Nations (org prior to the UN) in 1923.
TRIVIA:
The Knesset ( “gathering” or “assembly”) is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has total control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with the exception of checks and balances from the courts and local governments).
The Knesset passes all laws, elects the president and prime minister (although the latter is ceremonially appointed by the President), approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government, among other things. In addition, the Knesset elects the state comptroller. It also has the power to waive the immunity of its members, remove the president and the state comptroller from office, dissolve the government in a constructive vote of no confidence, and to dissolve itself and call new elections. The prime minister may also dissolve the Knesset. However, until an election is completed, the Knesset maintains authority in its current composition.