However, critics say the law discriminates against Israel's 21% Arab minority - who are Palestinian by heritage and Israeli by citizenship - by barring them from extending citizenship and permanent residency rights to Palestinian spouses.
denying naturalization to Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza married to Israeli citizens, forcing thousands of Palestinian families to either emigrate or live apart.
it doesnt ban marrying them, it bans giving them citizenship after theyre married.
it doesnt ban marrying them, it bans giving them citizenship after theyre married.