The =93Israeli Nationality=94 doesn=92t exist
A group of Israeli public figures last week petitioned the High Court
of Justice to order the Interior Ministry to register them as
Israelis. "We're Israeli, and wish to be registered as such," said the
petition, presented by Attorney Yoela Har-Shefi.
The Interior Ministry has a list of 137 nationalities, including
Abkhazi, Assyrian and Samaritan - but you won't find "Israeli" among
them. The State of Israel doesn't recognize the existence of "Israeli"
as a nationality.
The petitioning group is headed by Professor Uzi Ornan of the Hebrew
University and the Technion and the 38 intellectuals, academics and
scientists include Shulamit Aloni, Uri and Rahel Avneri, Yehoshua
Sobol, Gavriel Solomon, Yigal Eilam, Meron Benvenisti, Yehoshua ****at
and Oren Yifta'el.
Also in the group is singer Alon Olearchik, formerly of the army Nahal
entertainment group and the Israeli rock band Caveret - his mother is
Christian and father Jewish, so he is not Jewish. Adal Ka'adan, the
Israeli Arab who tried in vain to buy a house in the Katzir community,
also wants to be registered as Israeli.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=3D376724
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