Israeli Vote on Citizenship for Palestinians Becomes Test for New Government

TEL AVIV—Israel’s parliament is envisioned to vote Monday on a temporary regulation that bars citizenship for Palestinians from the occupied West Financial institution and Gaza who are married to Israelis, the most current difficult difficulty that the new fragile coalition government must get over.

The regulation, which was to start with enacted in 2003 and has given that been renewed each and every calendar year, expires Tuesday at midnight. Coalition events labored to discover a compromise ahead of the vote, which will likely take put late Monday.

Israel’s still left-wing and Arab lawmakers, like numerous in the current government, say the regulation discriminates from the country’s Arab minority. The ideal-wing events, like that of Key Minister Naftali Bennett, say the evaluate is essential to sustain stability and preserve Israel’s Jewish character.

Opposition factions, like previous Key Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud celebration, are debating no matter whether to back again a regulation that they supported for many years on stability grounds, or oppose it to frustrate the new government.

Mr. Bennett on Monday accused the opposition of deciding on political maneuvering more than state stability.