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In a parking lot under his municipality office in northern Israel, Nof Hagalil mayor Ronen Plot juggled phone calls as volunteers unloaded blankets and clothes donated for refugees fleeing war in Ukr…

Nof Hagalil mayor Ronen Plot has urged Ukrainian Jews to come to the small Israeli town as a haven from Russian bombardment.

In a parking lot under his municipality office in northern Israel, Nof Hagalil mayor Ronen Plot juggled phone calls as volunteers unloaded blankets and clothes donated for refugees fleeing war in Ukraine. "Nof Hagalil is built on immigration," said Plot, 67, who arrived in Israel nearly 50 years ago from Moldova. "We will absorb as many people as we can."After the Russian invasion began, Plot posted on Facebook, inviting Ukrainian "olim", or Jewish immigrants, to hi...

In a parking lot under his municipality office in northern Israel, Nof Hagalil mayor Ronen Plot juggled phone calls as volunteers unloaded blankets and clothes donated for refugees fleeing war in Ukraine. "Nof Hagalil is built on immigration," said Plot, 67, who arrived in Israel nearly 50 years ago from Moldova. "We will absorb as many people as we can." After the Russian

In a parking lot under his municipality office in northern Israel, Nof Hagalil mayor Ronen Plot juggled phone calls as volunteers unloaded blankets and clothes donated for refugees fleeing war in Ukr…

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Mayor, who posted invitation on Facebook for refugees, says community was built on immigration; new arrivals being housed in hotels and vacant apartments