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New German citizens required to affirm Israel's right to exist

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Questions added to citizenship test on antisemitism, Israel and Germany's responsibility towards Jewish people

New German citizens required to affirm Israel's right to exist

Applicants for German citizenship will be required to explicitly affirm Israel's right to exist under a new citizenship law which came into effect on Tuesday.

The new law shortened the number of years that a person must have lived in Germany in order to obtain a passport, from eight to five years. It will also allow first-generation migrants to be dual citizens.

As part of the shake-up, new questions were added to the country's citizenship test, including about Judaism and Israel's right to exist.

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