Israel to strip Arab attacker of citizenship for first time

An Israeli court has decided to strip an Arab Israeli attacker of his citizenship, legal sources said yesterday, in what a rights group said was the first ruling of its kind. The Haifa district court decided to strip Alla Zayud of his citizenship Sunday by applying a 2008 law that allows the interior ministry to deprive of their nationality those involved in “terrorist activities”, the sources said. Adalah, an Arab Israeli rights group, said it was the first court decision of its kind. The 22-year-old, from Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel was sentenced to 25 years in jail in June 2016. His mother is an Israeli citizen while his father is a Palestinian with permanent resi-