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New German citizens required to affirm Israel's right to exist (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Applicants for German citizenship will be required to explicitly affirm Israel's right to exist under a new citizenship law which came into effect on Tuesday.

The new law shortened the number of years that a person must have lived in Germany in order to obtain a passport, from eight to five years. It will also allow first-generation migrants to be dual citizens.

As part of the shake-up, new questions were added to the country's citizenship test, including about Judaism and Israel's right to exist.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

by any definition

The IHRA's definition does, so you can't say "any".

That said, the IHRA definition was pretty specifically created to be zionist and a shield for Israel, and should be rejected on those grounds.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

How about “any sane or rational” definition?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Fine, you are of course technically correct 🙄