When immensely troubling political processes are unfolding before your eyes, it becomes necessary to start worrying about the unthinkable becoming reality. A case in point: The unimaginable notion, which is nonetheless widely supported among members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming coalition, of amending the Law of Return, which governs the right of “every Jew” to immigrate to Israel.The Knesset is currently holding marathon committee and plenum sessions to push through legislation, including changes to Israel’s quasi-constitutional Basic Laws, that will enable the Netanyahu-led bloc of right-wing, far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties to take office in the next two weeks or so. Meddling with the Law of Return is not on that immediate agenda. READ MORE
