Editing Right of return (section)

=== Israel ===
{{Main|Law of Return}}
{{related|[[Palestinian right of return]]}}
The [[Law of Return]] is legislation enacted by [[Israel]] in 1950, that gives all [[Jews]], people of Jewish ancestry up to at least one Jewish grandparent, and their spouses the right to [[Aliyah|immigrate]] to and settle in Israel and obtain citizenship, and obliges the Israeli government to facilitate their immigration. Originally, the law applied to Jews only, until a 1970 amendment stated that the rights "are also vested in a child and a grandchild of a Jew, the spouse of a Jew, the spouse of a child of a Jew and the spouse of a grandchild of a Jew". This resulted in several hundreds of thousands of people fitting the above criteria immigrating to Israel (mainly from the [[former Soviet Union]]) but not being recognized as Jews by the Israeli religious authorities, which on the basis of [[halakha]] recognize only the child of a Jewish mother as being Jewish, or a [[proselyte]] to Judaism. Moreover, some of these immigrants, though having a Jewish grandparent, are known to be practicing Christians. People who would be otherwise eligible for this law can be excluded if they can reasonably be considered to constitute a danger to the welfare of the state, have a criminal past, or are wanted fugitives in their countries with the exception of persecution victims. Jews who converted to another religion can also be denied the right of return. Since its inception in 1948, over three million Jews have immigrated to Israel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3539874,00.html |title=400 olim arrive in Israel ahead of Independence Day – Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews |newspaper=Ynetnews |date=6 May 2008 |publisher=Ynetnews.com |access-date=2008-05-06|last1=Branovsky |first1=Yael }}</ref>