Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu filed court requests on February 12, 2026 to revoke the Israeli citizenship of two Palestinian citizens convicted of terrorism offences and expel them under a recently passed law.

This filing operationalizes the new law and creates an early legal test case that could establish a court-validated pathway for denaturalization and deportation of Israeli-born citizens convicted of specified violent crimes. If the court grants the requests, it would set a usable precedent for additional cases tied to alleged Palestinian Authority payments, increasing legal and residency risk for affected individuals and their families. A rejection would constrain the government’s ability to use the law in practice and force reliance on existing criminal penalties rather than removal.