Israeli Vote on Citizenship for Palestinians Becomes Test for New Government

TEL AVIV—Israel’s parliament is predicted to vote Monday on a temporary law that bars citizenship for Palestinians from the occupied West Financial institution and Gaza who are married to Israelis, the most current challenging problem that the new fragile coalition govt must triumph over.

The law, which was initially enacted in 2003 and has because been renewed each individual calendar year, expires Tuesday at midnight. Coalition functions labored to find a compromise in advance of the vote, which will most likely take location late Monday.

Israel’s left-wing and Arab lawmakers, which include a lot of in the existing govt, say the law discriminates towards the country’s Arab minority. The right-wing functions, which include that of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, say the measure is needed to preserve stability and preserve Israel’s Jewish character.

Opposition factions, which include previous Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud occasion, are debating regardless of whether to back a law that they supported for yrs on stability grounds, or oppose it to frustrate the new govt.

Mr. Bennett on Monday accused the opposition of picking out political maneuvering around state stability.