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To: Elroy who wrote (357406)	4/3/2010 10:39:59 AM
From: Brumar89	9 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793843

America says that every baby born in America is entitled to American citizenship. Israel has no such law, and bestows no such right on infants born in territories that it runs or occupies. Instead, Israel says that the children of Jewish mothers, regardless of where they are born, are entitled to Israeli citizenship. So, no, Israel does not have the same respect for "human rights" as does America. None of the above issues has anything to do with respect for human rights. bestows no such right on infants born in territories that it runs or occupies It would have to annex such territories, wouldn't it? We didn't extend US citizenship to Grenada, Panama, Germany, Japan, .... and lots of other places we've run and occupied over the years. the children of Jewish mothers, regardless of where they are born, are entitled to Israeli citizenship Ditto Armenia, Germany, and many many other nations that extend preferential citizenship to persons of a particular ethnic background. See list of countries with "laws of return": en.wikipedia.org ..... * 2 Armenia * 3 Belarus * 4 Bulgaria * 5 People's Republic of China * 6 Republic of China (Taiwan) * 7 Croatia * 8 Cyprus * 9 Czech Republic * 10 Diego Garcia's Chagossians * 11 Finland * 12 France * 13 Germany * 14 Greece * 15 India * 16 Iraqi Kurdistan * 17 Ireland * 18 Israel * 19 Japan * 20 Lithuania * 21 Norway * 22 Palestinian Refugees * 23 Poland * 24 Russia * 25 Serbia * 26 Spain * 27 Ukraine * 28 United Kingdom * 29 Other .... A non-exhaustive list of other countries believed to have similar laws is South Korea, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Similarly, the Liberian constitution (currently defunct and being rewritten) allows only people "of Negro descent" (regardless of ethno-national affiliation) to become citizens. As with other laws enacting rights of return, many of the laws in these countries appear to reflect a desire by governments to guarantee a safe haven to diaspora populations, particularly those assumed to be living under precarious conditions. ..... Note that Arabs insist Palestinian Arabs have such a right and no doubt would in a Palestinian state.

To: Elroy who wrote (357406)	4/3/2010 11:36:20 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

Acquisition of Israeli Nationality mfa.gov.il * * *

To: Elroy who wrote (357406)	4/3/2010 1:24:43 PM
From: Alan Smithee	8 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793843

America says that every baby born in America is entitled to American citizenship. Israel has no such law, and bestows no such right on infants born in territories that it runs or occupies. Instead, Israel says that the children of Jewish mothers, regardless of where they are born, are entitled to Israeli citizenship. So, no, Israel does not have the same respect for "human rights" as does America. For Israel, Jewish children have more rights than non-Jewish children. BS. What do you think would be the end result if Israel granted citizenship to "anchor babies" like the US does? In a generation there would be no Israel. FWIW, I think we need to abandon the anchor baby route to citizenship.