Netanyahu’s wife pleads for migrant kids

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JERUSALEM – Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, sent a letter to Interior Minister Yishai last week, asking him to prevent the deportation of 400 migrant workers’ children from Israel in accordance with the government’s decision from early August.

According to the Channel 2 report, she discussed the matter with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu several times, until she reached the decision to expression her opinion.

In response to the letter, the minister’s office said he “made it clear that the policy is being implemented out of concern for the future of the state and people of Israel.

“Yishai has mentioned in the past that there is a committee headed by him which was erected to deal with irregular cases, and if Mrs. Netanyahu knows of these types of cases then she should talk to the committee,” a source close to Yishai said after he met with the prime minister’s wife on Saturday.

In her letter, Sara Netanyahu wrote, “Dear Eli, I appeal to you as a mother of two young boys and a psychologist in the public service. I am asking you, from the bottom of my heart, to use the authority granted to you by the government decision and allow the vast majority of the 400 remaining children to stay in Israel.

“It is the State of Israel’s duty to find a solution for these children. I would like to believe that my calls have somewhat contributed to the prime minister’s stance that some 800 out of the 1,200 children should stay‚Ķ I am convinced that in this case as well you can find creative solutions for this group of foreign workers’ children in the frame of the government decision and the authority bestowed on you by law as interior minister, and in a manner that will not affect the immigration policies and national interests of Israel as a Jewish state,” the prime minister’s wife added.

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