Angry African migrants in Israel protest in Tel Aviv

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african migrants protest in tel aviv  2Thousands of African migrants have marched in the city of Tel Aviv to protest against their treatment by the Israeli government.

The protesters, mostly Eritreans and Sudanese, are angry about a law that allows illegal immigrants to be detained for a year without trial.

They demanded the right to work legally and for their asylum bids to be processed.

An Israeli police spokeswoman said the march was peaceful.

“We are all refugees” and “Yes to freedom, no to prison!” they chanted.

‘Clear cry’
The BBC’s Richard Galpin in Jerusalem says the protest was prompted by the new law on detention, which had dashed hopes that a recent crackdown would be halted.

The migrants, some of whom have been in Israel for years and have taken low-paid jobs, say they are all refugees who have fled persecution and conflict back home in Eritrea and Sudan.

They say their only choice will be either to spend time in prison in Israel or agree to return home.

The dangers in their home countries mean they cannot be forcibly returned.

Thousands of  African migrants packed into Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Sunday
Thousands of African migrants packed into Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Sunday

The migrants said they would hold further demonstrations outside UN offices and foreign embassies in Tel Aviv on Monday.

An Israeli official said the authorities would continue to deal with people who, as she put it, had infiltrated Israel, adding that more than 2,600 had agreed to leave voluntarily last year.

Ultra-Orthodox MP Eli Yishai said the migrants had been encouraged by “anti-Zionist human rights organisations”.

He told the Maariv daily the protest was “a sharp and clear cry for the state of Israel and judicial and law enforcement authorities to apply all the means at their disposal to return the infiltrators to their countries”.

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84 responses to “Angry African migrants in Israel protest in Tel Aviv”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    One supposes it could be a sneaky method of invasion โ€ฆ send thousands of boat-people and land-walkers into the places you wish to see succumb to radicalization of government, using Democracy against itself. After all, if they had simply distributed condoms a lot more, there might be a way for people to actually survive in the lands they come from.
    To expect jobs to simply pop up in a tiny place like Israel is a form of ill-education, of course. Europe as a whole has enough trouble with it.
    The thought that ‘Big Business’ wishes always for cheap labour does not mean that it wants it ‘at home’ – and keeping their locals happy means maintaining something under a 10% unemployment factor – with ‘social programmes’ in place of course.
    Now, take Australia with only roughly 5% unemployed and a lot of hot space in summer. The natives there will be happy to watch the boat-people float in. Won’t they?? ;-)))))
    Although, in Israel, they are rushing to build more apartments โ€ฆ isn’t everyone happy about that too??
    :-))))))))))

    1. Peaceforleb Avatar
      Peaceforleb

      Oh no 5th, I for one don’t want the boat people arriving on our shores. Australia has enough mad people in it. Just come down under one day and I’ll take you and show you first hand. I would start by taking you to Lakemba. It has the resemblance of the Gaza strip. Execept no bombs going off every few minutes. -:))

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        One I wrote for you, sweetie. ๐Ÿ™‚

    2. Vladislav Feldman Avatar
      Vladislav Feldman

      You don’t quite understand what 5% unemployment means: Every month a phone survey of 10,000 people is conducted in every state (6). Those that answear that they are looking for work are termed as the unemployment rate. In reality out of all the people of working age 65% are employed. So that means the true unemployment rate is from 5 – 35% . That’s Australian accounting for you.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    One supposes it could be a sneaky method of invasion โ€ฆ send thousands of boat-people and land-walkers into the places you wish to see succumb to radicalization of government, using Democracy against itself. After all, if they had simply distributed condoms a lot more, there might be a way for people to actually survive in the lands they come from. To expect jobs to simply pop up in a tiny place like Israel is a form of ill-education, of course. Europe as a whole has enough trouble with it.
    The thought that ‘Big Business’ wishes always for cheap labour does not mean that it wants it ‘at home’ – and keeping those locals happy means maintaining something under a 10% unemployment factor.
    Now, take Australia with only roughly 5% unemployed and a lot of hot space in summer. The natives there will be happy to watch the boat-people float in. Won’t they?? ;-)))))

    1. Peaceforleb Avatar
      Peaceforleb

      Oh no 5th, I for one don’t want the boat people arriving on our shores. Australia has enough mad people in it. Just come down under one day and I’ll take you and show you first hand. I would start by taking you to Lakemba. It has the resemblance of the Gaza strip. Execept no bombs going off every few minutes. -:))

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        One I wrote for you, sweetie. ๐Ÿ™‚

    2. Vladislav Feldman Avatar
      Vladislav Feldman

      You don’t quite understand what 5% unemployment means: Every month a phone survey of 10,000 people is conducted in every state (6). Those that answear that they are looking for work are termed as the unemployment rate. In reality out of all the people of working age 65% are employed. So that means the true unemployment rate is from 5 – 35% . That’s Australian accounting for you.

  3. Why are illegals waving the Israeli flag?

    1. Hind Abyad Avatar
      Hind Abyad

      Shut up Nazi.

      1. Would the U.S. allow a single Mexican to go over the fence and demand citizenship?
        These illegals are also causing crime rates to go high, rapes are happening and its just not appropriate for a first world country

        1. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          True, but it don’t change you are a Fascist, calling Palestinians “that thing”.

          1. Im in contact with palestinians and have nothing against them, I just said their nationality is fake and its faked to make it look as if theyre indigenous when theyre in fact immigrants just like Jews

          2. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            Then Israel took the fake Cities, the fake Real Estate, they burned fake olives trees, in the same family since 1000 years..faker!

        2. man-o-war Avatar
          man-o-war

          Your Israeli ex-president is a rapist.

          1. Got sent to prison by an Arab judge, yup. Democracy, all who break the law go to prison. But dealing with illegals who have a different mentality is another level

          2. Now id love to see what would happen if the secretary of Bandar or Assad or Al Khalifa would complain to the police. Both her, and her family would be executed on the spot.

        3. man-o-war Avatar
          man-o-war

          Millions of illegal Mexicans are demanding citizenship and have been for years.

          1. And get sent back within hours. Have you watched that movie The Proposal? even Canadians can be considered illegals

          2. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            Not even slightly true. Bills are constantly being brought up in congress to allow a path to citizenship for the millions currently living illegally in the US. Eventually both parties will come up with a fair solution to the immigration issue. They are trying. What is Israel doing?

          3. Israel imported tens of thousands of Ethiopians in the 80s, and those were real refugees. These people are refugees in Egypt, who just want to find jobs in Israel.

          4. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            Tens of thousands of Ethiopian Jews? People move across borders looking for a better way of life, they follow jobs and money. Its just the reality of the situation. These immigrants are fleeing war torn countries, can’t blame them.

          5. They can try going to democratic Saudi Arabia or Bahrain, they have an impressive record of 0% of taking in refugees from wars

          6. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            haha! I like how Israelis like to find the worst types of dictatorships and compare themselves to them. Nicely done

          7. Its not so much dictatorships but maybe comparing filthy rich countries full of skyscrapers and fountains, with a country with 0 oil and very little water.

          8. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            I agree, these countries suck! They pledged billions for the Syrian refugees, but really have only given scraps.

          9. ..

          10. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            No, Israel created refugees.

          11. No, the Arabs created refugees by sending 7 armies to wipe Israel off the map, thus starting a war which replaced many people, both Arabs and Jews in Arabic countries.

            Time you owned up to these things no?

          12. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            Slimy 2half human, you’re telling this since 1948.
            Arabs created the refugees because the Palestinians
            were sitting at home siping Turkish cofee…
            Zionists created the first refugees in the Middle East, living in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan..and still counting..too bad you can’t nuke them, it’s not politicaly correct.

          13. LOL, stupid hezbushaitan supporting arab still fears the name Sharon.

            I can spend all night providing hundreds if not thousands of quotes of arabs calling Jews “apes and pigs”, calling for Jews to be driven to the sea and pictures of nazi salutes. What exactly do you achieve with the above propaganda my spamqueen?

          14. cant blame them but sure as hell don’t take the blam for them either.
            they escaped suddan by foot so immideatly after crossing the border to eygpt they go to UN and register as refugies right? without that they get no travel documents and hence any move to another country is not refugie seeking but work imigrant.
            there is no legal or moral justification for them being in israel

          15. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            Have you heard of all the discrimination the Ethiopian Jews have had to deal with after they were “imported”? The controversies abound

          16. haha! I like how arabs from racist Islamic theocracies try and lecture about discrimination. Nicely done.

            ๐Ÿ˜‰ *wink wink*

          17. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            If you’re referring to me, I’m not from a racist Islamic theocracy, but I agree it would be pretty funny if a Saudi was lecturing on human rights or discrimination

          18. In my building the cleaner mopping the floors is a black Ethiopian. Ive occasionally offered her cash at random, see? not everyone discriminates or hates

          19. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            That may prove you’re charitable โ€ฆ or like the work she does โ€ฆ but how about talking to her boss about raising her ‘union’ rates. ?? ๐Ÿ˜‰
            Would you have an apartment the next day?? :-)))

          20. lol idk how much she’s paid but obz not enough

          21. Vladislav Feldman Avatar
            Vladislav Feldman

            With all the discrimination none of them have left for assylym in other countries, maybe even with all the discrimination Israel is still better than the other countries.

          22. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            I would guess it would take all they got to get there and once there moving on is difficult. Then again, maybe you’re right. Discriminate on!

          23. The crime and rape rates are sky rocketing every time more of them come to Israel. Enough is enough, some places in Tel Aviv at night are actually dangerous to walk in because of them

          24. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            I think they were sterilized without their knowledge, they told them it was vaccine.

          25. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Especially if they have a passport with a Lebanese Visa stamp in it. :-)))
            And visa-versa โ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜‰

          26. And Miss Congeniality is a white/European, that harsh

          27. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            but there are many illegal Americans who fled to Canada..

      2. Hind Abyad Avatar
        Hind Abyad

        Talking to youself??

  4. cook2half Avatar
    cook2half

    Why are illegals waving the Israeli flag?

    1. Hind Abyad Avatar
      Hind Abyad

      Fascist hypocrite.

      1. cook2half Avatar
        cook2half

        Would the U.S. allow a single Mexico go over the fence and demand citizenship?
        These illegals are also causing crime rates to go high, rapes are happening and its just not appropriate for a first world country

        1. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          True, but it don’t change you are a Fascist, calling Palestinians “that thing”.

          1. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            Im in contact with palestinians and have nothing against them, I just said their nationality is fake and its faked to make it look as if theyre indigenous when theyre in fact immigrants just like Jews

          2. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            Then Israel took the fake Cities, the fake Real Estate, they burned fake olives trees, in the same family since 1000 years..faker!

        2. man-o-war Avatar
          man-o-war

          Your Israeli ex-president is a rapist.

          1. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            Got sent to prison by an Arab judge, yup. Democracy, all who break the law go to prison. But dealing with illegals who have a different mentality is another level

          2. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            Now id love to see what would happen if the secretary of Bandar or Assad or Al Khalifa would complain to the police. Both her, and her family would be executed on the spot.

        3. man-o-war Avatar
          man-o-war

          Millions of illegal Mexicans are demanding citizenship and have been for years.

          1. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            And get sent back within hours. Have you watched that movie The Proposal? even Canadians can be considered illegals

          2. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            Not even slightly true. Bills are constantly being brought up in congress to allow a path to citizenship for the millions currently living illegally in the US. Eventually both parties will come up with a fair solution to the immigration issue. They are trying. What is Israel doing?

          3. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            Israel imported tens of thousands of Ethiopians in the 80s, and those were real refugees. These people are refugees in Egypt, who just want to find jobs in Israel.

          4. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            Tens of thousands of Ethiopian Jews? People move across borders looking for a better way of life, they follow jobs and money. Its just the reality of the situation. These immigrants are fleeing war torn countries, can’t blame them.

          5. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            They can try going to democratic Saudi Arabia or Bahrain, they have an impressive record of 0% of taking in refugees from wars

          6. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            haha! I like how Israelis like to find the worst types of dictatorships and compare themselves to them. Nicely done

          7. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            Its not so much dictatorships but maybe comparing filthy rich countries full of skyscrapers and fountains, with a country with 0 oil and very little water.

          8. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            I agree, these countries suck! They pledged billions for the Syrian refugees, but really have only given scraps.

          9. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            Not a single refugee taken in. And again im not talking about human rights, its just that theyre so rich, they can feed a billion people with a tiny bit of the money theyre able to make.

            In Israel not only do we not have such resources but also there are barely enough jobs for the current population. Tons of people have to travel to and back from Tel Aviv everyday cause there’s no proper vacancies in a large city like Haifa. Prices in supermarkets are high too (I should know, cause I can afford as much as I want in central London).

          10. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            No, Israel created refugees.

          11. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            No, the Arabs created refugees by sending 7 armies to wipe Israel off the map, thus starting a war which replaced many people, both Arabs and Jews in Arabic countries.

            Time you owned up to these things no?

          12. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            Slimy 2half human, you’re telling this since 1948.
            Arabs created the refugees because the Palestinians
            were sitting at home siping Turkish cofee…
            Zionists created the first refugees in the Middle East, living in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan..and still counting..too bad you can’t nuke them, it’s not politicaly correct.

          13. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            LOL, stupid hezbushaitan supporting arab still fears the name Sharon.

            I can spend all night providing hundreds if not thousands of quotes of arabs calling Jews “apes and pigs”, calling for Jews to be driven to the sea and pictures of nazi salutes. What exactly do you achieve with your propaganda my spamqueen?

          14. cant blame them but sure as hell don’t take the blam for them either.
            they escaped suddan by foot so immideatly after crossing the border to eygpt they go to UN and register as refugies right? without that they get no travel documents and hence any move to another country is not refugie seeking but work imigrant.
            there is no legal or moral justification for them being in israel

          15. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            Have you heard of all the discrimination the Ethiopian Jews have had to deal with after they were “imported”? The controversies abound

          16. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            haha! I like how arabs from racist Islamic theocracies try and lecture about discrimination. Nicely done.

            ๐Ÿ˜‰ *wink wink*

          17. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            If you’re referring to me, I’m not from a racist Islamic theocracy, but I agree it would be pretty funny if a Saudi was lecturing on human rights or discrimination

          18. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            In my building the cleaner mopping the floors is a black Ethiopian. Ive occasionally offered her cash at random, see? not everyone discriminates or hates

          19. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            That may prove you’re charitable โ€ฆ or like the work she does โ€ฆ but how about talking to her boss about raising her ‘union’ rates. ๐Ÿ˜‰

          20. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            lol idk how much she’s paid but obz not enough

          21. Vladislav Feldman Avatar
            Vladislav Feldman

            With all the discrimination none of them have left for assylym in other countries, maybe even with all the discrimination Israel is still better than the other countries.

          22. man-o-war Avatar
            man-o-war

            I would guess it would take all they got to get there and once there moving on is difficult. Then again, maybe you’re right. Discriminate on!

          23. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            The crime and rape rates are sky rocketing every time more of them come to Israel. Enough is enough, some places in Tel Aviv at night are actually dangerous to walk in because of them

          24. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            I think they were sterilized without their knowledge, they told them it was vaccine.

          25. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Especially if they have a passport with a Lebanese Visa stamp in it. :-)))
            And visa-versa โ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜‰

          26. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            And Miss Congeniality is a white/European, that harsh

          27. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            but there are many illegal Americans who fled to Canada..

      2. Hind Abyad Avatar
        Hind Abyad

        Talking to youself??

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