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Routine renewal of immigration regulation tears at Israeli coalition

A temporary Israeli immigration measure's yearly renewal has put the members of the new government in an uncomfortable position.
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The first major test of the ideologically polarized coalition government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid emerged in its first week in office.

At issue is the annual renewal of an order than prevents family unifications between Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinian residents of the West Bank or Gaza.

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