Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects calls to admit Syrian refugees

‘Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls by opposition MPs for Israel to accept refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war, saying it would open the doors to terrorists.

The Israeli prime minister’s comments followed pleas to step into Europe’s burgeoning refugee crisis from Left-wing parliamentarians who argued that the plight of desperate migrants evoked the Jews’ history of having to wander in search of safe havens.

“Israel is not indifferent to the human tragedy of the refugees from Syria and Africa,” Mr Netanyahu told Sunday’s cabinet meeting. “But Israel is a small country, a very small country, that lacks demographic and geographic depth; therefore, we must control our borders, against both illegal migrants and terrorism.’

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