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Interior Ministry dismisses use of biblical quote
By Dana Weiler-Polak

The Interior Ministry yesterday dismissed criticism of members of the new Oz migrant task force for circulating an e-mail with an "offensive" biblical passage. Officials said a message with the quote, "So shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee" sent by Acre's Oz unit to other branches was a way for "ministry employees to wish each other good luck." A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said the quote referred to the "idea" of purging evil from the "sole country of the Jewish people."

Meanwhile, the Knesset's Committee on the Rights of the Child will hold an emergency meeting today over alleged plans to "deport children of migrant workers." Some 2,800 children of migrant workers and asylum-seekers currently receive aid in Israel. Rights groups yesterday criticized immigration authorities for detaining entire families and allegedly infringing upon their rights. The Oz task force rounded up a few hundred migrants in a raid in south Tel Aviv last week.
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Oz is to assume migrant-related authorities previously divided among a number of ministries. For example it will offer migrants legal protection previously provided by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor), in addition to assuming responsibility for detaining and deporting illegals.
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