The pupils featured in an Oscar-winning film about a Tel Aviv school for the children of migrants can remain in Israel for the time being.
After filmmakers Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon won an Academy Award for their short Strangers No More about the Bialik-Rogozin school, it emerged that 120 of the 400 pupils were from illegal immigrant families facing deportation by the Interior Ministry.
But Interior Minister Eli Yishai has now announced that the families, and others with children at similar schools, will not be deported yet. The decision will instead be postponed until at least next September.
Mr Yishai said the decision had been taken “with the utmost care”.
