Law of Return (1950)

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THIS LAW: Law of Return (passed by the Knesset July 5, 1950).
ITS AMENDMENTS: (3.10.70)

No. 48

LAW OF RETURN, 5710-1950*

Right of
aliya(1).

1. Every Jew has the right to come to this country as an oleh⁽¹⁾.

Oleh's
visa.

(a) Aliyah shall be by oleh's visa.
(b) An oleh's visa shall be granted to every Jew who has expressed his desire to settle in Israel, unless the Minister of Immigration is satisfied that the applicant
- (1) is engaged in an activity directed against the Jewish people; or
- (2) is likely to endanger public health or the security of the State.

'0leh's
certificate.

(a) A Jew who has come to Israel and subsequent to his arrival has express his desire to settle in Israel may, while still in Israel, receive an oleh's certificate.
(b) The restrictions specified in section 2(b) shall apply also to the grant an oleh's certificate, but a person shall not be regarded as endangering public health on account of an illness contracted after his arrival in Israel.

Residents and
persons
born in this
country.

4. Every Jew who has immigrated into this country before the coming into force of this Law, and every Jew who was born in this country, whether before or after the coming into force of this Law, shall be deemed to be a person, who has come to this country as an 'oleh under this Law.

Implementa-
tion and
regulations.

5. The Minister of Immigration is charged with the implementation of this Law and may make regulations as to any matter relating to such implementation and also as to the grant of oleh's visas and oleh's certificates to minors up to age of 18 years.

DAVID BEN-GURION Prime Minister	MOSHE SHAPIRA Minister of Immigration
YOSEF SPRINZAK Acting President of the State Chairman of the Knesset

* Passed by the Knesset on the 20th Tammuz, 5710 (5th July, 1950) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 51 of the 21st Tammuz, 5710 (5th July, 1950), p. 159; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 48 of the 12th Tammuz, 5710 (27th June, 1950), p. 189.

⁽¹⁾ Translator's Note: aliya means immigration of Jews, and oleh (plural: olim) means a Jew immigrating, into Israel.

THIS LAW: Law of Return (passed by the Knesset July 5, 1950).
ITS AMENDMENTS: (3.10.70)

SOURCE: "Laws of the State of Israel: Authorized Translation from the Hebrew, Volume 4". Government Printer, Jerusalem, Israel (1948-1987), p. 114.