Interior Minister plans to return 'nationality' clause to ID cards

[Jefferson23]

Eli Yishai said however that he still opposes classifying Reform and Conservative communities as Jews; Leader of the Reform movement: Yishai is a strategic threat to Israel.

By Gili Cohen and Yair Ettinger

Interior Minister Eli Yishai plans to return the nationality section to identification cards, Channel 2 reported on Monday. According to Yishai's plan, citizens would be able to insert the clause, which today appears only as a line of asterisks.

In 2002, the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee canceled the nationality clause after the High Court ordered the Interior Ministry to classify Reform and Conservative community members as Jewish, in Israel and abroad. Yishai, who was also the interior minister at the time, announced he would not comply with the ruling and the clause was left blank as a compromise.

In a document explaining the plan, its proponents say that many people still have the nationality clause in their IDs and that this is "important to their sense of belonging and part of their national identity."

The document also claims that for this reason many citizens prefer not to renew their cards even if they have worn out or need replacement.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/interior-minister-plans-to-return-nationality-clause-to-id-cards-1.368780

[sabbat hunter]

1. yet another reason why

this guy should be thrown out of the Israeli government.

[azurnoir]

2. well that makes sense

after all it is vital that the Jewish State knows who belongs and who doesn't