Lame-Duck Commission Could Vastly Alter Israel’s Immigrant Population

by Steven I. Weiss

Interior Minister Sheetrit appoints special committee to discuss refining law which he says has been abused, allowing ‘people that have nothing to do with Judaism’ to receive automatic Israeli citizenship. Interior Ministry says 1 million illegal immigrants living in Israel.

It’s surprising that any lame-duck government official would install a commission that could lead to so much change in the country — but particularly when the new government is in the process of forming.