Any country would be insane to want Syrian refugees. Look at the crazy condition of Syria. Do you want to import that dysfunction? Syria has an average IQ of 83. That’s two points lower than American blacks.
PM rejects calls to offer asylum for Syrian refugees
Herzog: ‘Netanyahu has forgotten what it means to be a Jew;’ Netanyahu: ‘We must control our border against illegal migrants, terrorism.’
Israel’s politicians converged in a war of words Sunday, some against and others in support of remarks by opposition leader Isaac Herzog Saturday calling for Israel to offer asylum to Syrians fleeing from a country destroyed by continued civil war.
“Israel is not indifferent to the human tragedy of the refugees from Syria and Africa,” said Prime Minister Netanyahu at a weekly cabinet meeting. “But, Israel is a small country, a very small country that lacks demographic and geographic depth; therefore, we must control our borders, against both illegal migrants and terrorism.
Herzog quickly took to social media with his response, accusing that those opposed to his idea “have forgotten what it is to be a Jew, a refugee, hunted.”
Herzog continued, “The Prime Minister of the Jewish nation can’t close his heart and the gates when people are fleeing for the lives, pursued by hunters, with babies in their hands.”
Netanyahu cited however, that Israel has taken multiple steps in aiding those suffering beyond its borders.
“We have already devotedly cared for approximately 1,000 wounded people from the fighting in Syria and we have helped them to rehabilitate their lives,” said the prime minister. “We are speaking with African heads of state, and with the Italian Prime Minister recently and with other European leaders, about multi-lateral aid packages for the countries of origin in Africa – in agriculture, economics and security – in order to deal with the problem at its source.”
In his response, Herzog made it clear he was calling for a limited number of refugees to be allowed into Israel on humanitarian grounds, but claimed that Netanyahu’s policy of keeping asylum seekers out of Israel had Menachem Begin, who took in Vietnamese refugees during his time as prime minister, turning in his grave.
The suggestion to accept Syrian refugees into Israel began with Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern who publically called for similar steps as Herzog due to the current refugee crisis sweeping through Europe.
