Israel is not the only country to struggle with the question of what defines nationality — place of birth, loyalty or ethnicity? Any child born in the United States becomes American at birth, regardless of its parents’ origins. But that’s by no means the global standard.

Here’s a look at how other countries define who belongs and who does not — an issue becoming ever more complex in a globalized world:

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