By Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondent: Rabbinical judge: Most immigrants seeking conversion are misguided
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Title:Palestinians Can`t Endorse Jewishness Israelis Deny to Russians
Name:Shaul Ben-Yimini
City: OttawaState: Canada
Misguided or not, a ma`aseh beit din makes them Jews.

(They may later prove insincere, and limit their marriageability, but the conversions stand.)

The Palestinians should note that Israel itself cannot decide if Russian immigrants are Jewish or not, so while the state of Israel`s Jewishness remains an internal matter Palestinians cannot be expected to take sides and to endorse a position.

Meanwhile, to meet the demands of Netanyahu that the Palestinians de-militarize, their security forces should adopt a flag-of-convenience and fly the US flag.

(Liberia, in addition to being founded by former US slaves, is famous that it remains the country of choice for merchants marine to register their flags under.)