In a letter to Israel’s justice minister, Ayelet Shaked objected to joining the treaty, arguing it would require Israel to grant residency status to foreign women who have suffered from violence
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked sent a letter Wednesday to Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, in which she called to halt the process of Israel joining the Istanbul Convention on gender-based violence.
In her letter, Shaked expressed a fear that joining the convention for combating violence against women and domestic violence would require Israel to grant residency status to foreign women who have suffered from violence and who are persecuted in their own countries, but are not entitled to residency under Israeli immigration law.
