Jerusalem – Hundreds of Israelis and African migrants have marched down Tel Aviv’s main boulevard to protest a government plan to build a detention facility to hold those who enter the country illegally.
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The government estimates that more than 30,000 Africans, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, have entered Israel through the porous southern border with Egypt since 2005.
Israel says the migrants are overwhelming the small state and threaten the country’s Jewish character. But many Israelis say their country should not turn away people fleeing repression.
Last month, Israel announced plans for the detention center and began construction of a border fence.
The migrants say they need legal status and work permits until it is safe to go home.
They will never go home once they have a choice. Why leave a modern democratic country for the horror filled disease-ridden countries they come from.
Maybe israel should build a border.. But the law abiding migrants should be allowed to stay.. Let them serve in the IDF to obtain citizenship..
Isn’t it weird that all these migrants are passing through countries like Egypt and Jordan. Why leave Muslim countries that care so much about their Muslim brothers, and come to the horrible zionist country?
In regards to them using a yellow star to show their oppression, don’t get me started. How can they compare the confiscation of land, the torture and the systematic killings of Jews in Europe, with the thousands of illegals who have crossed Israel borders bringing with them disease and plague. Its not so hard to enter countries legally, anyone who doesn’t has something to hide.
Paging Al Sharptin…………..
deport them immediately lets see what happens if they go to egypt or saudi arabia