Contrary to Shaked's position: the High Court has lifted the restriction on the entry of Ukrainian citizens into Israel
After the Interior Minister ruled that following the war in Eastern Europe 5,000 Ukrainians could enter the country, Supreme Court justices accepted the petition against its decision, ruling that the visa exemption for Ukrainian citizens does not differentiate between an emergency period and a routine period
Yael Friedson
03/07/2022
Sunday, 03 July 2022, 13:13 Updated: 13:36
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Ukrainian refugees on the Polish border (Photo: AP, AP Photo / Markus Schreiber)
High Court judges today (Sunday) accepted the petition against restricting the entry of Ukrainian citizens into Israel, after Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked decided to limit the number of Ukrainians who could enter the country following the war in Europe to 5,000
. By the Embassy of Ukraine.The petition was discussed by the three senior Supreme Court justices, President Esther Hayut, Vice President Uzi Vogelman who wrote the verdict and Justice Yitzhak Amit.
Judgment contrary to her opinion.
Shaked (Photo: Reuven Castro)
The judges ruled that the entry visa to Israel, which grants a visa exemption to Ukrainian citizens, does not differentiate between an emergency period and a routine period.
The judges emphasized that according to state data, "4,409 Ukrainian citizens who have entered Israel since the outbreak of the war have left the country."
It was further held that this figure contradicts the premise on which the respondents were based.
According to the judges' ruling, "during a war in general, and in particular in the circumstances of the war in Ukraine, it can be stated in a sweeping manner that the citizens of Ukraine who entered the country did not leave it after three months."
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