Netanyahu was responding to a comment by Likud minister Ofir Akunis, who said that recent protests were that of extreme leftists, and funded by European countries.
Last year, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
ran a campaign against Soros, accusing him of using “his wealth, power, influence and a network of non-governmental organizations” to settle millions of migrants in Hungary and the European Union.
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The Immigration and Population Authority began issuing deportation notices to asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan on Sunday. Men without children who submit their residence visas for renewal will receive their last visa along with a letter stating that they are expected to leave the country in the following sixty days. Otherwise, they can expect to be incarcerated indefinitely. Authority personnel will suggest that they leave either for Rwanda or their native countries. A grant of $3,500 will be given to them at the airport before boarding the plane.
According to Immigration and Population Authority figures, there are some 39,000 Eritreans and Sudanese in Israel, including 5,000 children. For now, deportation notices will not be issued to women, children, fathers of children, anyone recognized as a victmim of slavery or human trafficking, and those who had requested asylum by the end of 2017 without response.
