Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked this morning (Monday) addressed the crisis surrounding the Citizenship Law and said that it was a matter of maintaining the status quo. “If the left-wing factions are not willing to support this law, that they will not prevent us from passing it. I do not think it will disintegrate the coalition, when we formed we agreed to maintain the status quo,” Shaked said in an interview with Arie Golan
Listen to the interview with Minister Ayelet Shaked
Yesterday, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved Shaked’s citizenship bill, despite opposition from Meretz. In addition, the granting of freedom of voting to the citizenship bill submitted by Simcha Rotman of Religious Zionism was approved. Meretz and Blue and White voted against the freedom of vote on Rothman’s law.
Shaked announced that the appeals filed against the law have been removed, and he will go to a vote this week in the Knesset. “More than a hundred Knesset members support a law that is essentially an important law for national security and the preservation of its Jewish identity,” Shaked wrote on Twitter.
The interior minister told the government that the GSS chief called her and said that the Citizenship Law should be promoted. She said.
Justice Minister Gideon Saar expressed support for bringing the law to a vote. “It would have been better if the government bill had been passed with the support of all coalition members. But if that is not the case, there is no choice but to go for a parliamentary maneuver that will address the issue for the security of the state and its citizens,” he said.
The chairman of the Labor Party, Merav Michaeli, wrote that she would support the law. “We have always been a security party and for this reason we will support the law.” Michaeli added: “But the problems raised by the law cannot be ignored. This debate should make it clear that Israel will not be able to continue to ignore the problem. There is no escape from reaching an agreement. ”
The Minister of Environmental Protection, Tamar Zandberg from Meretz, responded to the approval of the proposal in the Ministerial Committee: “The Citizenship Law is a racist and unnecessary law. “.
Meretz faction chairman Michal Rosin said there were elements within the coalition, including Minister Ayelet Shaked, who were stretching the thread too much, amid controversy over the law. Compromises on the issue, but Shaked acted in “hand-bending” methods.