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Applaud The Decision - But Realize It May Not Last
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"An expanded nine justice panel of the High Court of Justice ruled on Monday to recognize conversions by the Reform and Masorti (Conservative) movements in Israel for the purposes of citizenship, ending a 15-year legal saga.
 
Eight of the nine justices agreed with all aspects of the landmark ruling, while Justice Noam Sohlberg preferred to delay applying it for 12 months from the swearing in of a new government.
 
The decision set off a firestorm of criticism from Orthodox political parties who vowed to pass legislation to overturn the ruling and threatened not to enter any coalition without promises to do so, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party also denounced the ruling. 
 
Reform and Masorti leaders as well as liberal and left-wing political parties lauded the decision however calling it a victory for democracy and a blow against the Orthodox religious establishment

Monday night’s decision was fifteen years in the making, after the Reform and Masorti movements filed a petition to the High Court in 2005 demanding that citizenship be granted to several non-Israeli nationals who converted through their conversion systems in Israel."
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Does this only affect conversions done in Israel? Those done outside of Israel are currently accepted, correct?
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(03-02-2021, 09:09 PM)Chavak Wrote: Does this only affect conversions done in Israel?  Those done outside of Israel are currently accepted, correct?

That is correct and it only concerns rights under the Law of Return. In matters of religion the Orthodox establishment would still get to view such non-Orthodox conversions as illegitimate and treat those who have converted via non-Orthodox auspices as non-Jews. In addition the court left open the option for the Israeli government to pass laws declaring that any such conversions conducted within Israel are invalid as to the Law of Return.
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