Citizenship law deepens rift between Israel's Arab parties - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Afif Abu Much

Afif Abu Much

Mar 14, 2022

MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images — (L to R) Aida Touma, Ofer Cassif and Ayman Odeh, members of the Israeli Knesset for the Joint List, attend a protest against a controversial citizenship bill outside the Knesset headquarters in Jerusalem on June 29, 2021. — MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images

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