Interior Minister Eli Yishai rejected reports, Monday, that Israel intends to take in refugees from fighting between government and opposition forces in Syria. Interviewed by Israel Defense Forces Radio, Yishai explainedthatdespite thefact thatit was a matter of asylum seekersfleeingmassacresof theregime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad,"Israelcannot afford toflood thecountrywith refugees andinfiltrators."
Yishai added, "TheJewish peopleare sensitive to every refugee,butthere is noendto this thingandwe must preserve theZionist enterprise andIsrael's Jewish majority."