The Knesset plenum was approved in the second and third reading of the honorary citizenship bill for Israel's martyrs, the 2023 Law. In the third reading, 12 members of the Knesset supported the proposal without opposition.
The proposal also talks about canceling honorary citizenship if they request to cancel it. "It is proposed to establish that the Minister of the Interior, on the recommendation of the Minister of Defense, will grant honorary citizenship of the State of Israel to a person who has fallen in the Israeli forces which at the time of his death was not an Israeli citizen. It is also proposed to establish that if the parent, spouse, child, or sibling of the fallen who was granted honorary citizenship shall apply to the Minister of the Interior To cancel it, the Minister of the Interior will do so so that it will appear as if it was not given at all."
"Citizenship is intended to honor the memory of martyrs in Israel's wars"
The explanation reads: "The purpose of the proposed law that is being published here is to honor the memory of martyrs in Israel's wars, who enlisted in the army or the security forces in order to protect the people and the homeland even though they were not citizens of the state, and to grant them honorary citizenship of the State of Israel by the Minister of Interior on the recommendation of the Ministry of Defense.
Honorary citizenship according to this bill is intended to honor the contribution of the fallen martyrs of Israel's wars, and it does not create obligations or confer rights on the fallen or his family members according to any law.
