I'm just asking out of curiousity and to settle an argument with a friend, basically, can anyone be a citizen of Israel, or is it limited to people who are Jewish?
2007-04-04 07:48:01 · 8 answers · asked by donquixotereturns 2 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Jerusalem is in Israel, it has a Jewish area a Christian area and a Muslim area, so in answer to your question no you don't have to be Jewish.
2007-04-04 07:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by alec A 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No. You don't have to be Jewish to be an Israeli citizen, though I note that many people think you do :) I think the confusion arises because of the Law Of Return. This states simply that any ANY Jew can become an Israeli citizen. But many people think it says ONLY Jews can do this. Obviously there's a big difference between the two! I know several non Jews who went to Israel, fell in love with it, and are now happy Israeli citizens. The only complaint they had was over all the red tape etc, but I'd say this is common to many countries.
2016-05-17 06:11:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are more than one million of arabes who are citizen of Israel, of course, they are not jewish.
Also there are a lot of chrstians, the main centre of the Bahai Religion is in Haifa-Israel, ect, ect.
I think the answer is very clear....I'am in he other side...I'm jewish but I'm not israeli citizen.
Good luck.
2007-04-04 20:42:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
There are many non-Jewish citizens of Israel, including Arabs, Russians and Ethiopians.
2007-04-05 02:08:33 · answer #4 · answered by Ivri_Anokhi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No you can be whatever religion you like to become an Israeli citizen. And you will be able to live in peace unless you instigate something else.
2007-04-04 08:10:45 · answer #5 · answered by Loxie 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, Israel allows freedom of religion.
2007-04-04 08:00:10 · answer #6 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and at the airport they will make you drop your trousers and prove it too! Joking, joking! The answer is no, but it helps!
2007-04-04 09:25:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
only for our friends "Jewish".
2007-04-04 07:51:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋