Ukraine renewed threats over the weekend to bar Israeli pilgrims from entering the country, in retaliation for the deportation of Ukrainian tourists from Israel.
“The Ukrainian government will not tolerate the humiliation of its citizens upon entering Israel,” Ukraine’s Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk told the Israeli Ynet website. “It is unthinkable that we would have to go out of our way to host tens of thousands of Israelis in Uman, with a high security risk and a huge logistical effort, while the Israeli government abuses our citizens who come to Israel within the framework of a treaty between the two countries.”
