Harare, Zimbabwe (News of the South)-Benjamin Netanyahu said he had taken the decision after consulting residents of south Tel Aviv, where many of the migrants live.
He said he would now consider “all options… to remove the infiltrators”.
The fate of more than 30,000 migrants, who entered the country illegally, has long been a hugely contentious issue.
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Under the plan with the UN’s refugee agency, Israel would have given residency to half of them, in exchange for Western nations resettling the other half.
However, the arrangement had drawn opposition from within his governing coalition.
Benjamin Netanyahu said he had taken the decision after consulting residents of south Tel Aviv, where many of the migrants live.
He said he would now consider “all options… to remove the infiltrators”.
The fate of more than 30,000 migrants, who entered the country illegally, has long been a hugely contentious issue.
Under the plan with the UN’s refugee agency, Israel would have given residency to half of them, in exchange for Western nations resettling the other half.
However, the arrangement had drawn opposition from within his governing coalition.-BBC
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