The Israeli government is pushing an immediate law allowing the withdrawal of citizenship and residency from Arabs

“Given the state of war, it was agreed to immediately push for legislation stipulating that the implementation of such measures in time of war is an offense in aggravated and serious circumstances and allows the (targeted person) to be deprived of citizenship or residence,” the statement said.

The Israeli government seeks to immediately push through a law allowing the withdrawal of citizenship and residency from Arab citizens, as part of the persecution targeting activists in Arab towns in the 1948 regions and in occupied Jerusalem.

A joint statement issued by the Interior Ministers of Justice, Yariv Levin and Moshe Arbel, stated that the decision was taken following a meeting they held with competent authorities in government ministries.

According to the statement, the issue of withdrawing citizenship and residency from people who “practice terrorism, support terrorism, incite terrorism, or sympathize with a terrorist act” was discussed.

The statement stated, “Given the state of war, it was agreed to immediately push for legislation stipulating that carrying out such measures in time of war is considered an offense in aggravated and serious circumstances, and allows the deprivation of (the targeted person) of citizenship or residency.”

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This comes as Arab citizens have been subjected to a campaign of arrests and persecution since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7.

In this context, the Israeli police said on Thursday morning that they had arrested 120 people since the start of the war on Gaza, while submitting 18 indictments against what they considered “inciters of violence and terrorism.”

It stated, "Since the start of the war, 295 publications encouraging violence, incitement, support and identification with terrorist organizations have been examined. 134 investigation files were opened in the aftermath."