Applicants for German citizenship will be required to explicitly affirm Israel’s right to exist under a new citizenship law which came into effect on Tuesday.

The new law shortened the number of years that a person must have lived in Germany in order to obtain a passport, from eight to five years. It will also allow first-generation migrants to be dual citizens.

As part of the shake-up, new questions were added to the country’s citizenship test, including about Judaism and Israel’s right to exist.

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    5 months ago

    If only they did the same with Palestine… That would be even better! Of course, many countries (Germany included) are yet to recognize that country because of reasons (fear included, specially Germany!)

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      5 months ago

      There is no “Palestine” and when you think there is you get no citizenship here ☺️ and its our choice to decide who gets to vote here.

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        5 months ago

        Why would you assume I have no citizenship “here”? Joke is on you…