Israel, which already has one of the most racially-restrictive immigration policies
in the world, is about to introduce DNA testing to ensure that no non-Jews from
Russia enter the country, according to an announcement from the Prime
Minister's office in Tel Aviv made at the end of July 2013. According to an article
in the Times of Israel, Russian-speakers who want to make "aliya" will in future
need a DNA test.

This development is the surest sign yet that Jewishness is not a cultural
construct, but a biological one, and also further evidence that the"Khazar theory"
—which would have introduced non-Semitic elements into the Jewish gene pool
—is incorrect, as proved by earlier DNA evidence.

According to the Times of Israel, "would-be immigrants from former Soviet Union
may be asked to prove [their] Jewish bloodline" and will be "subjected to DNA
testing to prove their Jewishness."

The announcement said "many Jews from the FSU [Russia] who were born
out-of-wedlock can be required to bring DNA confirmation of Jewish heritage in
order to be allowed to immigrate as a Jew.

"A source in the PMO told Maariv that the consul's procedure, approved by the
legal department of the Interior Ministry, states that a Russian-speaking child
born out-of-wedlock is eligible to receive an Israeli immigration visa if the birth
was registered before the child turned 3. Otherwise, a DNA test to prove Jewish
parentage is necessary."

"A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the decision to require DNA testing for
Russian Jews is based on the recommendations of Nativ, an educational
program under the auspices of the Prime Minister's Office to help Jews from the
FSU immigrate to Israel."

"The issue cuts to the heart of Israel's Law of Return, which allows anybody with
a Jewish parent, grandparent or spouse to move to Israel and be eligible for
citizenship. Determining who is a Jew—a definition which has evolved along
with the religion's many streams—has led the interior Ministry to create a
somewhat byzantine system of checks and rules and has sometimes led
applicants, especially converts to Judaism, to fight for the right to immigrate in
Israeli courts."

This demand for DNA tests for immigrants to Israel contrasts dramatically with
the demand for open borders made by all Jewish organizations in America and
elsewhere.