This is interesting. It'd be nice to find an authoritative source to check
with, but who that might be is the problem. But I'd swear either a
commentator or an article mentioned that if your maternal grandmother was
or is Jewish, regardless of which country you or she might live in, in
effect you have duel citizenship. I also understand that although Israel
has a number of other peoples, even Palestinians, living within its
borders, their citizenship rights are of a limited nature. Also don't think
being 'religiously' Jewish has any bearing on citizenship. What it comes
down to is, to be accepted as a Jew and a full citizen of Israeli, you must
be a descendent of Abraham, and offer at least a modicum of proof of the
same.

Bob

alister air wrote..
>I do not think this is correct.  I was under the impression that
>citizenship would be granted regardless of ethnicity - there are, after
>all, Israeli Arabs.  Further, Judaism is a religion rather than a
>'race'.  There are a significant number of African Jews who are citizens of
>Israel.
>
>Alister
>
>At 06:32 PM 19/03/2002, Bob Rogers wrote:
>>Not sure I understand this 'somewhat ethnically Jewish'. Its been my
>>understanding full citizenship can only be given to Jews, and to be
>>accepted as Jewish the applicant must furnish proof that their maternal
>>grandmother was/is Jewish.