Bennett reportedly opposed Shaked’s refugee policy for being too restrictive

14 March 2022, 5:56 pm

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked during a plenum session at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 28, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked came under immense fire last week over her refugee policy, which critics said was too restrictive, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s silence was noted by many analysts.

Channel 12 reports that Bennett did not support the policy and thought that Israel should be letting in more Ukrainian refugees, including those ineligible for citizenship under the Law of Return.

Only after Shaked announced yesterday that Israel would be relaxing its rules to allow in some more refugees who are not eligible for citizenship did Bennett issue a statement in support of Shaked.