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Summary

Israel’s legislature as it appears in the Law of Return file: the body that passed the Law of Return 5710-1950 on 5 July 1950, its Amendment 5714-1954 on 23 August 1954, and Amendment No. 2 5730-1970 on 10 March 1970, whose Constitution, Legislation and Juridical Committee must approve regulations for the purposes of sections 4A and 4B (Law of Return 5710-1950, PDF p.1-4).

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  • Passage of the 1950 law is recorded in its footnote: passed by the Knesset on the 20th Tammuz, 5710 (5th July, 1950), published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 51, p. 159; its Chairman, Yosef Sprinzak, signs as Acting President of the State and Chairman of the Knesset (PDF p.1).

  • The 1954 amendment was passed by the Knesset on the 24th Av, 5714 (23rd August, 1954) (PDF p.2).

  • Amendment No. 2 was passed by the Knesset on 2nd Adar Bet, 5730 (10th March, 1970) (PDF p.4).

  • Amendment No. 2, section 2, adds to section 5 of the Law of Return that regulations for the purposes of sections 4A and 4B require the approval of the Constitution, Legislation and Juridical Committee of the Knesset (PDF p.3).

  • The Knesset passed the Absentees’ Property Law, 5710-1950 on the 25th Adar, 5710 (14th March 1950), published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 37 of the 2nd Nisan, 5710 (20th March, 1950), p. 86; section 19(a)(1) of that Law makes a Development Authority’s establishment depend on “a Law of the Knesset” (Absentees’ Property Law, 5710-1950, PDF p.9, p.20).

  • Batch 406 passage dates, each from its file: the Nationality Law, 5712-1952 on 6th Nisan, 5712 (1st April, 1952) (Nationality Law, 5712-1952, PDF p.5); the Entry into Israel Law, 5712-1952 on 5th Elul, 5712 (26th August, 1952) (Entry into Israel Law, 5712-1952 (1952), PDF p.5); the World Zionist Organisation - Jewish Agency (Status) Law, 5713-1952 on 6th Kislev, 5713 (24th November, 1952), whose Home Affairs Committee the Entry Law requires the Minister to consult before exempting further categories (World Zionist Organisation - Jewish Agency (Status) Law, 5713-1952 (1952), PDF p.2; Entry into Israel Law, 5712-1952 (1952), PDF p.4); the Keren Kayemet Le-Israel Law, 5714-1953 on 16th Kislev, 5714 (23rd November, 1953) (Keren Kayemet Le-Israel Law, 5714-1953 (1953), PDF p.2); the Basic Law: Israel Lands on 24th Tammuz, 5720 (19th July, 1960) (Basic Law: Israel Lands (1960), PDF p.1); and the Israel Lands Administration Law, 5720-1960 on 1st Av, 5720 (25th July, 1960), which also requires the Government to report yearly to the Knesset on the Administration (Israel Lands Administration Law, 5720-1960 (1960), PDF p.1-2). The Status Law also requires the Knesset’s approval before an enlarged Zionist body enjoys the conferred status (PDF p.1).

  • The Knesset passed the Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel on 17th Av, 5740 (30th July, 1980), published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 980, p. 186, and Amendment no. 1 to it on 29th Heshvan 5761 (27th November 2000); the Law seats the Knesset in Jerusalem, makes its Finance Committee the approver of the Capital City Grant, and entrenches sections 5 and 6 so they may be modified only by a Basic Law passed by a majority of the members of the Knesset (Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel (1980), lines 210-264).

Law of Return, Law of Return 5710-1950, Absentee Property Law, Absentees’ Property Law, 5710-1950, Israel, Basic Laws

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