Religio-ethnic identity and the right to return: the case of the state of Israel
Keywords:
religio-ethnic identity, right to return, IsraelAbstract
Israel was created about 70 years ago in the shadow of the Holocaust for the survival of the Jewish nation. Since 1950, the Law of Return has granted the right to come back and settle in Israel to every Jew. But Israel has also been characterized by an opposite trend of movement of people: the creation of the State of Israel and the successive wars have originated the problem of Palestinian refugees, which also raises critical, albeit different, questions with regard to the right to return, recognized by international law. This article aims to examine – in a legal perspective – these two opposite trends, by focusing on the relationship between religio-ethnic identity and the right to return.
Keywords: religio-ethnic identity; right to return; Israel.
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