In countries based on jus sanguinis law, citizenship is conceived as the result of the nationality of the parents; ‘citizenship’ is tied with ‘nationality’ and there is no formal difference between the two concepts. It is possible to keep registers of the origins of migrants’ children –...
Israel is an especially complex case because its selective immigration policy gives priority to jus sanguinis (the right of blood), a legal principle of nationhood.1 In accordance with this principle, Jews who immigrate to Israel, known as ‘olim’ (“ascenders” or repatriates), are ...