Writing on Twitter, head of the Yisrael Beytenu party MK Avigdor Liberman attacked Interior Minister Aryeh Deri for his announcement that he intends to see that a law is passed that will restrict recognized conversions to Judaism to those conducted under the auspices of the State.
"This declaration is a continuation of the policy of harassment of the immigrant population from the former Soviet Union as practised by the Interior Ministry headed by Aryeh Deri," Liberman wrote.