Israel: Ministers to vote on 'loyalty oath'

Foreign Minister and Israel Beiteinu chair Avigdor Lieberman's proposed "loyalty oath" for Israeli citizens will be brought up for a vote at a cabinet meeting early next week.

The party said it planned to seek preliminary approval from a ministerial committee on Sunday. If passed, the law would oblige every Israeli citizen, including Arabs, to take the oath and sign a statement.

"Receiving citizenship under law will be contingent on a loyalty oath," the proposed draft read. The draft also includes a clause on the wording of the loyalty oath, likely to cause disagreements: "I commit to being loyal to the State of Israel as a Jewish, democratic and Zionist state, to its symbols and values and to serve the country as needed through military service or an alternative service, as decided by law."

In the proposed draft of the legislation, signature of the oath is conditional upon receiving an identification card for those born in Israel. Furthermore, the law would bestow considerable power upon the interior minister who would have the right to revoke the citizenship of any person who fails to fulfill their commitment to serve in the IDF or any alternative service.
MKs David Rotem, Robert Iltov, Moshe Matalon and Alex Miller wrote in an amendment to the proposed bill, stating that "the connection between citizenship and loyalty is impossible to break."

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COMMENT

How about:

"I commit to being loyal to the State of France as a French, democratic and Nationalist state, to its symbols and values and to serve the country as needed through military service or an alternative service, as decided by law."

Will Jews ever let that happen?