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<td class="createdate" colspan="2" valign="top">PNN &#8211; Palestine News Network &#8211;  10.01.11 &#8211; 15:09</td>
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<p>Tel Aviv – PNN &#8211; In a vote of four to three with one abstention,  the Knesset Internal Affairs committee approved a bill that would  mandate the revocation of Israeli citizenship from anyone with dual  citizenship convicted of a “loyalty-related offense,” defined as  terrorism or espionage. The bill will now be read before the Knesset  general assembly.</p>
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<div class="mosimage_caption" style="text-align:center;"><em>The Israeli Knesset general assembly (PNN Archive)</em>.</div>
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<p>In  a major blow to the law’s passage, however, the Israeli internal  security service Shin Bet said it had reversed its position and decided  not to support the bill. A spokesman for Shin Bet said existing  legislation already provided necessary punishment for loyalty offenses.  Minister of Knesset (MK) Nitzan Horowitz of the left-leaning Meretz  party said Shin Bet’s decision made the pending legislation “pointless  and offensive.”</p>
<p>“The state already has authority to revoke  citizenship, one which has been used on several occasions since its  formation,” said Horowitz.</p>
<p>The bill is sponsored by David Rotem of  the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party. Rotem argued in the committee  session with an Arab MK Jamal Zahalka of the Balad party, calling him a  “big traitor, not a small one.” Zahalka called Rotem a “fascist.”</td>
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<p><a href="http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=9375&amp;Itemid=72">PNN &#8211; Palestine News Network &#8211; Knesset Committee Okays Revoking Citizenship for &#8220;Loyalty-Related Offenses&#8221;</a>.</p>
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