It has been impossible to avoid the well-publicized campaign being waged against Interior Minister Gideon Saar over the past few days, claiming that he is delaying the arrival in Israel of dozens of babies, born to Israeli parents through a surrogacy procedure in Thailand. Most of those parents are same-sex couples who are currently in Thailand with the children, whom they cannot bring back to Israel.

Saar, who is the father of a one-and-a-half-month-old baby, has become the immediate target of these babies' parents and a large group of celebrities who came out in support. Over the past few days, they have been holding demonstrations outside his home in Tel Aviv, waving signs with the slogan, “Gideon Saar, your baby is at home. Ours isn’t!”

Many photos have been posted on Facebook of actors, models, singers and media celebrities — such as Bar Refaeli, Noa Tishby, Assi Azar and Judy Nir Mozes — holding signs with the names of those children. The parents stuck in Thailand received further support for their struggle from major media outlets, which joined the efforts to help them return home with their newborns.

The impression of most Israelis is that Saar is being insensitive and is personally responsible for the babies not being able to come to Israel, and as a result not giving them access to medical care they may need at health clinics in Israel. It is easy to accuse Saar, given his tough policies in all matters relating to African refugees trying to gain rights in Israel. The problem is that in this particular case, Saar has nothing to do with the complex and difficult situation these parents face. If anything, they should complain first and foremost to the agencies that sent them to Thailand in exchange for a substantial service fee, without first checking Thailand’s laws pertaining to surrogacy. Then, they could partially blame themselves.