Claim: Yoav Kisch, a descendant of Shmuel Salant, held British citizenship until having to renounce it in 2015 as a condition of being allowed to take up a seat in the Knesset.
Evidence: Through his mother, he is a descendant of Shmuel Salant, who served as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem in the 19th century. Kisch held British citizenship until having to renounce it in 2015 as a condition of being allowed to take up a seat in the Knesset.