December 8, 2018
JUST FOLLOWING RESOLUTION 3379:
Israel rejects international immigration pact (Danny Zaken, December 7, 2018, Al Monitor)
Like other right-wing governments in the West, Israel will not be participating in the international conference in Morocco this month where the United Nations will present the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. [...]Netanyahu first announced his opposition after the newspaper Israel HaYom revealed that Israel planned to take part in the initiative. The paper's reporting generated a reproach from the right. Israeli opponents of migration believe that the country's very participation in the initiative would be a step too far. A major reason behind this opposition is the supposedly liberal character of the initiative, which blurs distinctions between illegal immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
One of those issues that illustrates the gulf between Judaism and Zionism.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 8, 2018 8:36 AM