Jul 7, 2025
Weiss banned, does he hold a joker?
Yisrael Dovid Weiss of Monsey, a member/leader of the radical anti-Israel Neturei Karta group, traveled to Brazil and met with the Iranian Foreign Minister
Israel's Minister of the Interior Moshe Arbel announced that Weiss will not be allowed into Israel ever again, revoking his visa. Arbel said that he would not allow anyone who works against Israel and identifies with its enemies to enter the country.
Good move, but I am curious. If one day Weiss wakes up and says he wants to move to Israel, to make aliyah.... will he be allowed to or will the ban still stand? The Law of Return assures every Jew (or descendant of Jews) the right to make aliyah. Does Arbel's decision override the Law of Return or will that be his joker?
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In order to make aliyah, you have to apply for citizenship. Weiss will not apply for Israeli citizenship.
ReplyDeleteI've met yeshiva guys who have been in Israel for a couple of decades and aren't citizens because that would be "Zionist". I discovered a few months ago that there's an Arab hospital in East Jerusalem where all the Satmar and other anti-Zionist chasidic women go to deliver babies because since it's in Yesh"a and not Israel proper, the baby doesn't get Israeli citizenship. So no, this won't be an issue.
Umm - I think you're talking about St. George's hospital, which is inside Jerusalem - not in Yehuda or the Shomron. And Israel does not have "birthright citizenship" based on being born in Israel in any case.
Deleteif I am not mistaken, St George is christian, not muslim hospital. also, I am aware of it having been very trendy in recent years to go there to give birth because the conditions there are very comfortable. Many women around jerusalem and Bet Shemesh have been going there to give birth (the trend might have died down a bit - I havent heard of it much in the last couple of years)
DeleteYes, I know non-charedi women who've given birth there. "Arab" of course can include Christian.
DeleteAny charedi kid born in Israel has to affirmatively give up his citizenship if he (or his parents) don't want it.
If foreign documentation is an issue, any hospital in Jerusalem is not considered "Israel" by "the world."
Jews can definitely be refused citizenship in Israel. Converts to other religions, for example, but also criminals. Meyer Lansky was famously thrown out when Israel realized who he was. (The scene in The Godfather Part II where Hyman Roth is sent back to the US is based on that, although unlike in the movie, Lansky lived a good long life in Florida and died of old age, never having been arrested.
ReplyDeleteI imagine Israel could try this with Jewish anti-Israel activists. But if it ever gets so bad that Weiss has to come running to Israel, they'd probably take him just to rub it in.
The Law or Return includes many clauses by which someone can be denied citizenship - And this clown would probably fit into several of the categories defined in the law (e.g., he is a " threat to the security of the State of Israel", he "poses a danger to the well-being of the State of Israel", and he "actively engaged in any campaign that vociferously speaks out against the Jewish people").
ReplyDeleteThis from Wikipedia:
Section 2(b) of the Law of Return empowers the Minister of Interior to deny Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return on a number of grounds: For example, an applicant may be denied citizenship if they are considered a threat to the security of the State of Israel (e.g. treason against the Jewish State), or have a past criminal record involving a serious crime, such as murder, and pose a danger to the well-being of the State of Israel; or, for example, may be a fugitive in another country for any felony (unless they are persecution victims); or such persons who, by virtue of their illness, may pose a serious public health risk to the people of Israel; as also any person who may be actively engaged in any campaign that vociferously speaks out against the Jewish people and undermines their cause (such as demagoguery).