In opposition to attorney general's professional opinion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shows clear support for cancelling visa requirement for tourists from Ukraine, notes will form thousands of jobs, but postpones making decision by one week.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a decision to postpone by one week coming to a decision on granting a visa exemption to Ukrainian tourists visiting Israel.
However, he did not heed the attorney general's advice. "We will exempt Ukrainian citizens from the visa requirements. We also made it with Russia, and tourism quadrupled. As a result, thousands of jobs were formed," Netanyahu explained.
For the first time since the government was created, the cabinet will discuss two contrary bills. One bill, submitted by the Interior Ministry, proposes that a gradual process of granting visas to Ukrainian citizens be examined. The other bill, put on the table by Foreign Minister calls for a full visa exemption to be installed. |