DaasYochid:
The problem is that Popa’s most recent post doesn’t address the underlying issue which is that MK Lipman and others want to make it easy for “hundreds of thousands of Russians” to convert. Whether they are correct or incorrect halachically, they make the point that if these people don’t convert it will lead to tremendous confusion because these immigrants have Jewish ancestry and act like Jews (not necessarily like religious Jews) and serve in the IDF and are Israeli citizens, but they are not halachically Jewish. MK Lipman and others are worried that this will lead to “intermarriage en masse”. Popa’s solution of not allowing any converts won’t address this issue. My point is not to say that he is right, but that he is coming from a legitimate concern (assuming his metzius is accurate). If you are interested, there is a video of MK Lipman explaining this issue, on the Emes Ve-Emuna blog post from November sixth.