"I wish we didn't need this law, I'm not thrilled with it, but there was a government decision and I must follow it," he said.

Controversy

But the minister in charge of relations with parliament, Gideon Ezra, has defended the bill on the grounds that 30 Israelis have been allegedly killed by Palestinians who gained citizenship and residency rights through marriage.


So in other words, prior to 2003, Palestinians could marry Israelis and gain citizenship. But then after a series of attacks caused by Palestinians who married an Israeli to gain citizenship, the Israeli government put a stop to it, in a clear effort to stop giving a vehicle for potential terrorists to exploit..

While the law clearly sucks, it makes sense for the security of Israel, which is more important than the individual rights of some of it's citizens, who have historically and continually exploited that right as a means to further attack from within.

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