Clashes in Tel Aviv
After the riots, Israel plans to deport 1,000 Eritreans
In all, nearly 140 people were injured in clashes that erupted during a demonstration on Saturday, including a dozen live ammunition fired by police.
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A rally organized by the Eritrean government degenerated into the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday.
AFP
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday his country was considering deporting some 1,000 Eritreans who took part. Riots that injured dozens This weekend in Tel Aviv, including the Israeli police.
Live ammunition
Clashes erupted on Saturday when protests against a demonstration organized by the Eritrean government escalated, injuring nearly 140 people, including a dozen Eritrean asylum seekers who were hit by live ammunition from Israeli police. Clashes began when hundreds of anti-government Eritreans tried to protest against the holding of the event in Tel Aviv. Israeli police declared the gathering an illegal demonstration and ordered the street cleared.
But protesters clashed with police who “used live ammunition against the rioters,” police said in a statement, leaving at least 49 of their members injured. While police and Eritrean protesters clashed at the venue of the meeting, clashes between supporters and opponents of the Eritrean regime took place in another area. Tel Aviv.
“Red Line”
Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu He said these events crossed a “red line”. “In the special ministerial committee I set up today, we called for swift action, including the expulsion of a thousand supporters of the (Eritrean) regime who took part in these riots,” he said in a statement. “They cannot be said to be refugees openly. They support this (Eritrean) regime. If they support him so much, they can go back to their country,” he added.
According to June figures, there are 17,850 Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel. Most arrived illegally years ago through Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and settled in poorer areas of Tel Aviv. Since their official declaration of independence in 1993 after a thirty-year war with Ethiopia, they have ruled their country with an iron fist under President Isaias Afwerki.
(AFP)
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