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Israeli Christians' New Nationality: Aramaean, not Arab
[ISRAELNATIONALNEWS] Interior Minister Gideon Saar has instructed the Population, Immigration and Border Authority (PIBA) to allow the registration of a new nationality -- Aramaean -- in the identity cards of Christian citizens who were registered as Arabs until now.In a letter to PIBA Director Amnon Ben-Ami, Saar wrote that he has "received three opinions according to which the existence of the Aramaean nationality is clear and obvious, as required by the Supreme Court's ruling." "The conditions required by the ruling for proving the existence of the nationality are present -- including historical heritage, religion, culture, descent and language," he determined. Posted by: Fred 2014-09-18 |
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