Israel demonstration against African migrants turns violent
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The Guardian –
Dozens of African asylum seekers were injured as race riots broke out in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night. Thousands of protesters joined politicians to protest against the arrival of an estimated 60000 asylum seekers in Israel in recent years.
Al-Arabiya –
Over the years, an estimated 60000 Africans, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, have slipped over the border into Israel from Egypt. (Reuters) By AFP Violence broke out as several hundred people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night against the …
Jerusalem Post –
By YAAKOV LAPPIN Police arrested a gang of eleven youths from south Tel Aviv on suspicion of launching a series of assaults on African migrants in the area. Police believe the suspects, nine of whom are minors, assaulted the migrants, and used clubs …
Jewish Telegraphic Agency –
More than a thousand protesters gathered Wednesday in the Hatikvah neighborhood carrying signs reading “South Tel Aviv a refugee camp” and “Infiltrators, leave our home.” Protesters attacked African migrants who passed the demonstration, …
Ynetnews –
Police employed nightsticks and pepper spray in the arrests of 12 people during a demonstration against African migrants and infiltrators that took place in south Tel Aviv Wednesday night. The suspects allegedly attacks foreign workers during the …
Ynetnews –
About to be deported? Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein has presented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a brief that says that Israel can return illegal migrants from South Sudan to their country. Weinstein met with Netanyahu on Wednesday evening …
Jerusalem Post –
By YAAKOV LAPPIN A car containing three African migrants was set upon by a group of demonstrators, who smashed its windows and headlights. Police arrived and pushed back the rioters, and the vehicle left the area. The car’s occupants were unharmed.
Jerusalem Post -
By JERUSALEM POST READERS Sir, – The article “Threats to deport Africans are only populist political talk, NGOs say” (May 22) confronts us with an extremely serious and growing problem. Thousands of African infiltrators are streaming into Israel every …
Ynetnews –
Residents says streets ‘no longer safe for children, women’ due to influx of African infiltrators. Demonstrators attack migrants’ car. MK Regev: They are a cancer in our society Hundreds of people gathered in south Tel Aviv’s Hatikva neighborhood …
Jerusalem Post –
By JPOST.COM STAFF Over a thousand people gather across Israel to protest influx of African infiltrators; Danon: Expel them to Africa, Europe. Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that it his opinion …
Jerusalem Post –
By JPOST.COM STAFF MK Danny Danon (Likud), chairman of the “Deportation Now” movement, called on Wednesday for the immediate expulsion of African migrants from Israel. Speaking at a rally in south Tel Aviv, Danon said: “The infiltrators are a national …
Jerusalem Post –
By JPOST.COM STAFF Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that it his opinion that Israel can legally begin to detain and deport infiltrators from Sudan, Channel 2 reported.
Jerusalem Post –
By DAVID BRINN The day before he was due to speak at a session of the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem last week, Etgar Keret is sipping coffee on the terrace of his favorite neighborhood café in Tel Aviv. Amid the well-scrubbed, Keep our Israel Jewish
Ynetnews –
On Saturday morning, an unusual episode took place near my southern Tel Aviv apartment: A wedding procession. The minister wore a white cape and boasted a well-groomed beard and a cross on his chest. The groom and his friends wore fancy suits.
BusinessWeek –
By Shoshanna Solomon on May 23, 2012 Hot Telecommunication System Ltd. (HOT) and Partner Communications Co. tumbled to the lowest in at least three years in Tel Aviv after the Israeli telecommunications providers reported a slump in first-quarter …
Ynetnews –
Tens of thousands of illegal residents from African countries have infiltrated into Israel from Egypt, and when they enter they receive a temporary dwelling permit – so it is possible to define most of them as asylum seekers. Only some hundreds in fact …
Jewish Telegraphic Agency – May 22, 2012
(JTA) — A complaint leveled against the Guardian over Israel’s capital city was decided in favor of the British newspaper. In correcting a photo caption that had referred to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the newspaper wrote that “The caption on a …
Haaretz – May 21, 2012
Tel Aviv police chief reports spike in crime, increased tension in south of city; urges Knesset to let refugees work. By Jonathan Lis | May.22, 2012 | 12:39 AM The Knesset’s Committee on Foreign Workers held a tense meeting yesterday that discussed a …
FailedMessiah.com – 1 hour ago
Dozens of protesters tried to move from the Hatikva neighborhood, where the rally was held, towards Tel Aviv’s Shapira neighborhood, where most African refugees live. They were stopped by police. Protesters attacked a car passing by carrying African …
Jewish Post –
By Armin Rosen, JTA James Lago, a street merchant in Juba, South Sudan, with the Israeli flag. (Armin Rosen) JUBA, South Sudan (JTA) – This city in the world’s newest country is not your typical Arabic-speaking capital. For one thing, most of the …
Forward –
Escalating Conflict: Demonstrators rally against immigrants in Tel Aviv. Violence later broke out and several Africans were beaten. By Haaretz Over a thousand people demonstrated Wednesday night in south Tel Aviv, calling on Israeli authorities to …
The Australian Eye –
By Gary Dunn Violence broke out as several hundred people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night against the sizeable community of African immigrants in the city, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said. “Following the violence, we arrested five …
Arutz Sheva –
Chairman of the Banish Now movement, MK Danny Danon (Likud) participated in the anti-aliens demonstration in South Tel Aviv Wednesday evening. “The Aliens must be banished from Israel before it’s too late. Send the Sudanese to Sudan, and send the rest …
KENS 5 TV –
AP JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say they have arrested five people at a protest against African migrants in south Tel Aviv. Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld says about 200 people gathered in an impoverished neighborhood where many migrants live.
Arutz Sheva –
MK Danny Danon: Israel is at war with an enemy state that has established its capital in southern Tel Aviv. By Gil Ronen Over 1000 people took part Wednesday evening in a protest against Israel’s growing illegal immigrant population.
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. –
by Maya Paley The Jerusalem Post recently reported on the Molotov cocktails thrown into a Nigerian woman’s open day care and an Eritrean family’s private apartment in Tel Aviv’s Shapira neighborhood. Luckily no one was hurt, but this incident reminded …
The Jewish Press -
Angry and frightened working-class residents in parts of Tel Aviv are accusing Israeli police and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai of failing to aggressively confront an unprecedented spike in the number of violent acts against local citizens by a growing …
Washington Times – May 22, 2012
By Avi Dichter With the establishment last week of a broad national unity government in Israel – brought about by the Kadima Party’s bold decision to join Prime Minister Netanyahus government – I believe that Israel is on the crossroads of major …
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