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Conversions by Palestinians are generally not accepted as sufficient for Aliyah by Israel.
This is primarily because of the compromise between the Israeli government and diasporic Jewry to allow reform (and other non-orthodox) converts to move to Israel even though the rabbinate doesn’t consider them halakhicly Jewish.
That, in turn, leaves open the door that some progressive Jewish organization might deliberately convert large numbers of Palestinians to Judaism on paper or through some expedited process, and then bulk apply for them to settle in Israel (whereupon they would presumably just join the local Arab Muslim community). For this reason, Palestinian converts are generally denied Aliyah rights.
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