Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says that Israel will “embrace” Jews fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and will allow refugees who aren’t eligible for citizenship but have relatives in the country, to stay while the conflict continues.
“Many Jews want to come to us from the war zones and the people of Israel will embrace them,” Bennett says. “At the same time, Israel accepts Ukrainians fleeing the danger zone who have relatives in the country. We will allow them to stay here for as long as possible, until the storm has passed.”
Bennett also refers to efforts to broker a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow.
“We are involved in a major humanitarian effort and also in a diplomatic effort to bring [Ukraine and Russia] closer together, alongside other countries,” he says.
There has been rising criticism of the government’s refugee policy, from both within and outside the government, particularly regarding caps on the numbers of refugees not eligible for citizenship to be allowed into Israel, as well as their treatment.
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