Israel Passes the Law of Return: Any Jew Can Become a Citizen
Israel's Knesset passed the Law of Return, granting every Jewish person worldwide the automatic right to immigrate and claim citizenship. The law codified the young state's founding purpose as a homeland for Jews after the Holocaust and triggered waves of immigration that reshaped Israel's demographics, culture, and geopolitical standing in the Middle East.
July 5, 1950
76 years ago
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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Ruhollah Khomeini
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1963 demonstrations in Iran
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