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Sunday, March 13, 2022
Bennett praises Shaked’s new refugee policy: Israel must ‘extend a hand and be a refuge’
Then-prime minister Naftali Bennett, right, with Ayelet Shaked at the first government conference, at the Israeli parliament, on June 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett praises the announcement by Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, the No. 2 in his Yamina party, that Israel will allow in Ukrainian refugees who are not eligible for citizenship if they have relatives in the country.
“The mission of the State of Israel is to be a safe home for all Jews in distress,” Bennett writes on Twitter.
But citing current events, Bennett says Israel must “extend a hand and be a refuge — even if temporarily — to people who fled the war and have relatives here in Israel, who can support them at this difficult time.”
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