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APPENDIX D THE “NATIONALITY LAW” (5712/1952) Part One: Acquisition of Nationality Preliminary. 1. Israel nationality is acquired— • by return (section 2), • by residence in Israel (section 3), • by birth (section 4) or • by naturalisation (section 5 to 9). • There shall be no Israel nationality save under this Law. Nationality by Return. 2. (a) Every Aoleh* under the Law of Return, 5710/1950,1 shall become an Israel national. (b) Israel nationality by return is acquired— (1) by a person who came as an Aoleh into, or was born in, the country before the establishment of the State—with effect from the day of the establishment of the State; (2) by a person having come to Israel as an Aoleh after the establishment of the State—with effect from the day of his Aaliyah; (3) by a person born in Israel after the establishment of the State— with effect from the day of his birth; (4) by a person who has received an Aoleh’s certificate under section 3 of the Law of Return, 5710/1950—with effect from the day of the issue of the certificate. Myers: Between Jew and Arab page 196 196 | one line short Passed by the Knesset on the 6th Nisan, 5712 (1st April, 1952). and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim, No. 95 of the 13th Nisan, 5712 (8th April, 1952), p. 146; the Bill was published in HatzaHot Chok, No. 93 of the 22nd Cheshvan, 5712 (21st November, 1951), p. 22. * Translator’s Note: Aoleh and Aaliyah mean, respectively, a Jew immigrating, and the immigration of a Jew, into the Land of Israel. Source: Nationality Law, 5512/1952. Official Records of the Laws of the State of Israel. Authorized translation from the Hebrew (Jerusalem: Government Printer, 1952), 6:50–53. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 (c) This section does not apply (1) to a person having ceased to be an inhabitant of Israel before the coming into force of this Law; (2) to a person of full age who, immediately before the day of his Aaliyah or the day of his Aoleh’s certificate is a foreign national and who, on or before such day, declares that he does not desire to become an Israel national; (3) to a minor whose parents have made a declaration under paragraph (2) and included him therein. Nationality by Residence in Israel. 3. (a) A person who, immediately before the establishment of the State, was a Palestinian citizen and who does not become a Israel national under section 2, shall become an Israel national with effect from the day of the establishment of the State if— (1) he was registered on the 4th Adar, 5712 (1st March 1952) as an inhabitant under the Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance, 5709/1949;2 and (2) he is an inhabitant of Israel on the day of the coming into force of this Law; and (3) he was in Israel, or in an area which became Israeli territory after the establishment of the State, from the day of the establishment of the State to the day of the coming into force of this Law, or entered Israel legally during that period. (b) A person born after the establishment of the State who is an inhabitant of Israel on the day of the coming into force of this Law, and whose father or mother becomes an Israel national under subsection (a), shall become an Israel national with effect from the day of his birth. Nationality by Birth. 4. A person born while his father or mother is an Israel national shall be an Israel national from birth; where a person is born after his father’s death, it shall be sufficient that his father was an Israel national at the time of his death. Naturalisation. 5. (a) A person of full age, not being an Israel national, may obtain Israel nationality by naturalisation if— (1) he is in Israel; and (2) he has been in Israel for three years out of five years proceeding the day of the submission of his application; and Myers: Between Jew and Arab page 197 “nationality law” 197| one line short 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20...

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