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Should Israel take in Syrian refugees?

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1 day ago ... Deciding not to take in refugees doesn't mean Israel hasn't done anything. It has treated around 2,500 Syrians in a field hospital on the border as well as at regular hospitals throughout the country. But is this enough? read more

The problem is that while it would be correct for Israel to accept Syrian refugees, the majority of these same people have historically been in favor of Syria's wars against Israel. Interviews with these refugees have shown that while they are strongly anti-Assad, they are generally in favor of installing an Islamic government in Syria, possibly along the lines of the Saudi Arabian Salafist government. read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a call to host refugees from Syria and elsewhere, saying that while Israel is "not indifferent to the human tragedy of the refugees," it is not in a position to take them in. read more

Then-prime minister Menachem Begin visits Vietnamese refugees living in Afula in 1980.. (photo credit: GPO) read more

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