The Israeli government may be considering absorbing a small number of Afghan refugees, journalist Yossi Melman reported on his Twitter account on Saturday.
The refugees will be taken in as a symbolic and humanitarian gesture, if indeed they are.
Alternatively, Melman reported, Israel may be used as a transit country instead, for Afghan refugees to pass through on the way to their destination countries.
Breaking Israeli government considers to absorb a small number of Afghan refuges as a symbolic&humanitarian gesture. Another option is that Israel will be used as a transit country for Afghan refuges. In a previous tweet I reminded that PM Begin did it with Vietnamese boat ppl.
— Yossi Melman (@yossi_melman) August 28, 2021
The report has yet to be confirmed or verified.