OneHungLo

More than 20,000 African asylum seekers and Israelis demonstrated next to the New Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv on Saturday night, in protest of the government?s plan to deport the asylum seekers, which is set to begin in March.

?We didn?t choose to come to south Tel Aviv, they didn?t hand out maps to Levinsky Street in the Sinai desert,? Togod Omer, an asylum seeker from Darfur, Sudan, said as he addressed the thousands of people from the stage. ?When we came, they gave us a one-way ticket to the new Central Bus Station.?

?We are all victims in this story, both the asylum seekers and the veteran Israelis,? Omer continued, in reference to those living in Tel Aviv?s southern neighborhoods. ?We?re all living here together and they are always trying to get us to hate one another.?

Thousands of people filled Levinsky street chanting ?the people demand a stop to the deportations!? with signs quoting Jewish texts about loving the stranger.

There are approximately 38,000 African asylum seekers in Israel, according to the Interior Ministry. About 72 percent are Eritrean and 20% are Sudanese. The vast majority arrived between 2006 and 2012. A law approved by the Knesset in December stipulates that the Interior Ministry will deport asylum seekers to Rwanda and Uganda starting in March.

?I?m happy that so many people came, and there are so many people who are helping us,? said Saleh, 24, an Eritrean asylum seeker who came from Haifa with a group of friends. ?I?m a person just like everyone here is a person, and we all come from the same God.?

Many demonstrators said they were glad the protest was held in south Tel Aviv, even though the large turnout made it difficult to maneuver, as the intersection and surrounding streets were packed full of people.

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OneHungLo

But I thought diversity makes us stronger?? Apparently not in Israel!!!

beerptrol

maybe if your gene pool was diversified, you wouldn't be so fucking stupid

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OneHungLo

I wonder if soros is there fighting for them to stay??

Major (Tom)

Death to all juice
It causes diabetes

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Sarn

RRacists!!11)))

JuicyBunny

Interesting comment.

?We are all victims in this story, both the asylum seekers and the veteran Israelis,? Omer continued, in reference to those living in Tel Aviv?s southern neighborhoods. ?We?re all living here together and they are always trying to get us to hate one another.?

Who is "they"?

Sarn

it universal conception!
witches! let's hunting on them))

JuicyBunny

Sounds good. I'm gonna pick up a pitchfork. You need one?

Sarn

I'll take the torch

celandina

They will pay the Gov. Of Rwanda 5,000 dollars per head....No different then EU is paying the Greeks, the Turks and the Lybians to stop more influx to Europe..