Is a Jew a citizen of Israel?

Answer 1

Not all Jews are Israeli citizens and not all Israeli citizens are Jews.

Around 45% of Jews are Israeli citizens and 75% of Israeli citizens are Jews.

That's close but not entirely true. The Law of Return in Israel states that all people of Jewish descent are welcome to come and live in Israel for safety anytime. However, Jews who never lived in Israel and never sought that citizenship are not citizens.

Answer 2

No. A Jew is a person who belongs to the etho-religious group called Judaism which exists currently in over 70 countries and used to exist in many more before the Nazis attempted to exterminate them and the State of Israel absorbed the remainder of them. Less than half of all Jews live in Israel or hold Israeli citizenship.

Israelis are a national group, which is to say that they are a group of people who all have a certain citizenship. This is similar to the term "American" since a person is defined as being American by having a certain citizenship, not by race, religion, ideology, political aspirations, or creed. The term Israeli is just that. There are Jewish Israelis from as varied places as India, Ethiopia, Russia, Morocco, and the United States (among nearly 50 other nations) who form the majority of the country's population. Arab Israelis are both Christian and Muslim are a sizable minority. Additionally, there are guest-workers and refugees in Israel from Africa, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Being Jewish and being Israeli are not based on the same criteria and are not the same thing in the slightest. Additionally, 20% of all Israelis are not Jewish, which means that being Israeli does not mean that you are Jewish.

Answer:According to Israeli law, any Jew who comes to Israel is automatically granted immediate citizenship.