Summary
Israel’s 1950 law entitling all Jews, and only Jews, to the rights of nationals, presented in Chapter 14 of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions as the first enumerated feature of Israel’s apartheid as the book defines it (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, PDF p.194).
Details
- The law entitles all Jews to enter “Eretz Yisrael” (Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory) and immediately enjoy full rights; “Jewish nationality” is extraterritorial, including Jewish citizens of other countries and excluding “non-Jews” (Palestinians) (PDF p.194).
- It operates within a formalized distinction between a “Jewish nationality” and Israeli citizenship: no “Israeli” nationality exists, the Supreme Court persistently refusing to recognize one (PDF p.194).
- The interview in Chapter 12 makes the same point from the other side: automatic citizenship and nationality for any Jewish immigrant, while Palestinian refugees ethnically cleansed in 1948 cannot return, as international law stipulates, simply because they are not Jewish (PDF p.166).
Related pages
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, Citizenship Law (1952), Apartheid Convention, Right of Return, Apartheid