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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
US Reform leader says Netanyahu making ‘moral mistake’ on migrants
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident of the Union for Reform Judaism Rabbi Rick Jacobs says Netanyahu is making a “moral mistake” in backtracking on the UN deal to resettle some 16,000 Eritrean and Sudanese migrants currently in Israel in other Western countries, while a similar number would remain in the Jewish state.
And he’s comparing it to the government’s flip-flop on the Western Wall mixed-plaza agreement, which was initially approved by the cabinet, but later dropped over pressure by the government’s ultra-Orthodox coalition partners.
“Sadly, not a surprise from PM who walked away from commitments in the Kotel agreement. Israel & her friends must push for PM to re-institute UN compromise,” he writes on Twitter.
Moral mistake by PM @Netanyahu to cave to political pressure & abandon humane compromise forged with @UN re: asylum seekers. Sadly, not a surprise from PM who walked away from commitments in the Kotel agreement. Israel & her friends must push for PM to re-institute UN compromise. https://t.co/RQN2BefZfw
— Rabbi Rick Jacobs (@URJPresident) April 3, 2018
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