The Labor Party responded on Tuesday evening to the exchange between Shas chairman Aryeh Deri and Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman about Russian immigrants.

"Hundreds of thousands of Russian immigrants cannot marry in Israel and instead of fighting for them - Liberman and Deri exploit them for a political campaign. Public emissaries solve the public's problems and are not engaged in cynical political campaigns," the Labor Party said.