* Refugees' plight in Europe strikes chord in Israel * PM says Israel too small to take in refugees * Abbas wants West Bank opened to Palestinians in Syria By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a call by Israel's opposition leader to provide refuge to Syrian refugees, saying the country is too small to take them in. Images in recent days of thousands of refugees herded on and off trains in Europe as they sought a safe haven from Middle East conflict struck a chord in Israel, a state created three years after the Nazi Holocaust which killed six million Jews. Isaac Herzog, head of the main opposition Zionist Union party, appealed to Israeli leaders to "absorb refugees from the fighting in Syria", a **rthern neighbour that Israel considers an enemy state.
09-08-2015, 10:46 PM
Israel's Netanyahu rejects call to take in Syrian refugees
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