Immigration Minister Nabilah Makram’s remarks concerning her lack of information on the size of the Egyptian community in Israel led the House of Representatives to declare “the growth of the Egyptian community in Israel constitutes a danger to Egyptian national security,” Rami Galal writes for Al Monitor. “The concerns of Egypt’s expatriates overall have been dealt with extremely ineffectively, and not only the Egyptian community in Israel,” Representative Nancy Nasir said. Meanwhile, Egyptian journalist based in Israel Hashim Farid said the accusations the diaspora were “baseless.”