Some Israeli lawmakers criticized the Jewish Agency for Israel for planning to reduce its emissaries in the former Soviet Union. Lawmakers said the agency’s decision could harm efforts to bring immigrants to Israel at a time when anti-Semitism appears to be on the rise in the region.
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