{"id":9342,"date":"2017-05-15T10:57:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T10:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohelet.org.il\/article\/citizenship-matriculation-exams\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:55:26","slug":"citizenship-matriculation-exams","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/citizenship-matriculation-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohelet Paper &#8211; Citizenship Matriculation Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea of \u201ccitizenship\u201d is at the center of the political, academic, media and public debate. <br><br>This policy paper focuses on the citizenship matriculation exam necessary to graduate from Israeli high school. 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