On July 5th, 1950, Israel’s Law of Return was passed by the Knesset. The formalization of the Law of Return was instrumental to the growth of both Zionism and the Jewish State. In practical terms, it saved the lives of countless Jews, primarily from Ethiopia and Russia, from ongoing persecution. The steady influx of immigration since the British Mandate period, the Evian Conference, and the post-Holocaust era were all inspirational events for passing the Law of Return. The Law of Return is based on the principle that Jews should be able to pursue aliyah for any reason. The need to formulate this immigration policy was dire in the late 1940s, as waves of Jews sought refuge following both the Holocaust and expulsion from Arab countries. The Knesset studied other sovereign nation-states’ immigration policies, which were typically based either on jus sanguinis, “right of blood,” or jus soli, “right of soil.” The Law of Return abolished the immigration policy inherited from British Mandatory Palestine and allowed Jews worldwide to immigrate to Israel and quickly be granted citizenship. Several court cases and legislative proposals had been made by 1970 to change the Law of Return, and Knesset members were forced to make the necessary changes. Concerns regarding the policy were primarily centered on the issue of “who is a Jew?”.