The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who had entered the country illegally.
The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who had entered the country illegally.
The Israeli public overwhelmingly rejects the idea of granting residency to all or most of the migrants.
The cancellation on Tuesday afternoon came a day after the agreement was first announced.
A Democratic congressional delegation urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the release of African asylum seekers.
AIPAC is missing an opportunity to help Israel solve it’s current refugee crisis — or at least address it in a friendly environment.
“We have an opportunity to do the mitzvah of ‘You shall love the stranger.’ These young men never lost hope. They believe in us.”
Around 20,000 men, many of whom are applying for refugee status, are being threatened with indefinite incarceration if they do not leave.
Soros has been the subject of conspiracy theories that many consider anti-Semitic in his native Hungary as well as the United States.
He also compared African refugees in Israel to the “Dreamers” in the United States.