Sinabi ni Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss na normal na muli ang sitwasyon sa kanilang bansa pero patuloy pa rin umano silang tutulong sa mga Pilipino na nais na umuwi muna sa Pilipinas.
Sa panayam ng GMA News Online nitong Miyerkules, sinabi ng embahador na inalis na ang state of emergency sa Israel kasunod na rin ng tigil-bombahan ng bansa at ng Iran.
“Life in Israel is back to normal, which means for the [Overseas Filipino Workers] in Israel, it is safe to go out, to go do your shopping, to meet your friends, continuing with daily life as you did before,” ani Fluss.
“I think it's also a very good and positive message, of course, to the families here, knowing that the loved ones in Israel are sort of back to normal life and don't have to go every night, like my family or our families in Israel who had to go once, twice, three times a day into the shelters and suffering from those missiles falling in different parts of the country,” dagdag niya.
Sa kabila ng pagbuti ng sitwasyon sa Israel, sinabi ni Fluss na hindi pipigilan ng Israel ang sino mang OFW na nais na umuwi muna sa Pilipinas. Kasabay nito ang patuloy nilang pakikipagtulungan nila sa repatriation efforts ng Philippine Embassy, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), at Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
“It's a free country. Israel is not putting any obstacles in that way. There's no problem. They're entitled to whatever they are supposed to get,” anang embahador.
Nag-aalok din ang Israel ng psychological assistance sa mga OFW na naapektuhan ng kaguluhan. Ginagawa umano ng kanilang pamahalaan ang lahat para mabigyan ng sapat na atensiyong medikal ang mga Pinoy doon.
Idinagdag pa ng embahador na ang mga uuwing OFW ay maaaring bumalik sa Israel kahit walang re-entry visa.
“They can simply come back. So this is again an Israeli government initiative in order to make people feel easier in leaving the country, but knowing that they can come back and they don't need to apply for re-entry visa,” dagdag niya. -- mula sa ulat ni Jiselle Anne C. Casucian/FRJ, GMA Integrated News
