MK Zahalka: Yishai's proposal is racist and anti-democratic
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Balad Chairman MK Jamal Zahalka said that a bill Interior Minister Eli Yishai plans to propose granting him the right to revoke citizenship is "racist and anti-democratic".
"The aim is to revoke citizenship from Arabs alone, not Jews – not even Yigal Amir. Yishai wants to cancel legal orders and take control of matters of political vengeance. Revoking of citizenship is prohibited by international law – our citizenship is not a gift but derives from our being people of this land," he said. (Sharon Roffe-Ofir)
