By Paul Dijks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday
that Israel will not be signing the United Nations’ global migration pact set
to be signed next month in Marrakech, Morocco, Israel must protect its borders.
The Prime
Minister said in a statement: “I instructed the Foreign Ministry to announce
that Israel won’t participate [in the Marrakech gathering] and won’t sign the
migration pact”.
He further
states: “We have a duty to guard against illegal infiltrators.” The Global
Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is due to be formally approved at
the 11-12 December meeting in Marrakech.
The United States earlier pulled out of negotiations, as did
Hungary, in July. Other nations that have announced refusal to sign include
Austria, Australia, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Croatia.
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