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Sunday, March 13, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, March 13, 2022
In Bucharest, Lapid meets with Jewish refugees from Ukraine before they move to Israel
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visits the Jewish Agency's Aliyah center in Bucharest, Romania, March 13, 2022. (Maxim Dinstein/GPO)
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with Jewish refugees from Ukraine at a Jewish-agency run immigration center in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, ahead of their flight to Israel this evening.
According to a government statement, Lapid heard from the immigrants about “their touching personal stories of fleeing Ukraine” and was briefed by Jewish Agency COO Yehuda Setton on the organization’s efforts to assist refugees looking to move to Israel following the Russian invasion.
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