Attorney who filed injunction against original Interior Ministry quota says allowing in Ukrainian refugee family members of Israelis is a positive step, but not enough
Interior Minister Shaked announces new policy exempting refugees with relatives in Israel from entry quota, but says 'we cannot open our gates to everyone'
Quota of 5,000 added to some 20,000 already here before war; country expects tens of thousands more who are eligible to make aliyah to do so as a result of the conflict
Requirement criticized by Ukraine’s ambassador, as well as by ministers; government body said to erroneously reported huge jump in Russian Jews’ immigration requests
PM tells ministerial committee that country must focus on Jews displaced by Russia invasion; interior minister says cap will come soon on entry of non-Jews
Interior minister declines to specify how many refugees who are not eligible for citizenship will be allowed in, says Israel's priority is to absorb predicted wave of new citizens
But to allow such marriages at foreign missions, Matan Kahana reportedly wants removal of key law allowing offspring of Jews to become citizens; Liberman says it's a non-starter
Change by statistics bureau to affect over 400,000 Israelis, most of them Russian-speakers not defined as Jewish and non-Arab Christians, who were previously categorized as 'other'
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