Israel won't accept refugees from Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday as the government began building a security fence along the Syrian border.
"Israel is not indifferent to the human tragedy of the refugees from Syria and Africa," Netanyahu said at the beginning of his Cabinet meeting, according to the prime minister's office.
But, he added, that Israel is a very small country "that lacks demographic and geographic" depth.
"Therefore, we must control our borders, against both illegal migrants and terrorism," he said
