The law was originally approved as a temporary cabinet resolution during the second intifada, but was extended every year since. In 2021, then-Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said it is 'one of the tools aimed at ensuring a Jewish majority in Israel'
The Knesset has voted Sunday night to extend the controversial citizenship law, which bans Palestinians who marry Israeli nationals from resident status in Israel.
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