Sunday, February 3, 2008

Revocation of citizenship - Urgent call for amendment

While millions of Muslim Arabs surrounding Israel continue to try to destroy it, Israel weakens itself from within. Here is an astounding revelation that a mere clerk in the Israeli Ministry of Interior can revoke Israeli citizenship in a closed procedure, without benefit of a codified appeal or review. Even convicted political assassins have successfully defended their citizenship before the Israeli High Supreme Court.
FROM ISRAELTODAY.CO.IL:

Revocation of citizenship - Urgent call for amendment
Messianic legal analysis
A new campaign by Israel's Ministry of Interior to revoke the citizenship of believers highlights an urgent need for reform.

By Michael Decker
The Law of Return, in its current wording, grants every Jew the right to immigrate to Israel. Moreover, the Law of Return also grants the family members of Jews the right to immigrate to Israel, even if they themselves are not Jewish. As a result, a situation has been created whereby, as of today, there are many citizens in Israel who are related to Jews, yet hold to different religious beliefs. There are also citizens who are devoid of any religion whatsoever. What's more, among mixed families who immigrated into Israel, there are many people who have grown up with a mixed religious worldview. Nonetheless, the uniting factor is that all of the abovementioned are Israeli citizens.
Lately, a troubling situation has arisen. Certain faithful citizens of the nation of Israel have been receiving letters whereby they have been summoned into the offices of the Ministry of Interior in order to review their civil status. What was the transgression of those who received these strange letters from the Ministry of Interior? Have they betray the nation? Do they represent a security threat? Have they ever visited an enemy state of Israel? No. Their only transgression was in relation to matters of personal conscience and their religious worldview. More specifically, they belong to minority religious groups in the nation of Israel such as Evangelical Christians, Messianic Jews, and others.
The aforementioned letter of inquiry is not an indictment wherein the nation is accusing these people of any offenses. Even for the worst offense, a defendant has the right to receive a proper letter of indictment by which he can properly defend himself and present counter-claims.
In this letter of inquiry, there is no mention that the person receiving the letter has the basic right to be represented by a lawyer. Neither is there any warning that this person's citizenship may be revoked. It is simply stated that this person is being summoned before the Ministry of Interior in order "to inquire about his/her status."
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