Interior Ministry: No recognized Hindu community in Israel

"There is no recognized Hindu community in Israel and there are rules for building temples; one of them is having land and building permits."

According to Interior Ministry spokesperson Sabine Hadad, "There is no recognized Hindu community in Israel and there are rules for building temples; one of them is having land and building permits." The Interior Ministry also said that the matter of alleged forged documents falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labor, but numerous telephone calls to the Ministry of Labor went unanswered.