A representative for Israel’s National Security Council has told a confidential Knesset meeting that the country’s Welfare Ministry, which handles visa issuance, had said that it lacks the resources to review or monitor organisations’ applications, Al Jazeera reports according to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.

The paper said that the council is working on forming an inter-ministerial team that would choose which applications to approve.

The team will include representatives from several agencies, including the Shin Bet security agency, the police, and the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (Cogat), the report added.