OCCUPIED JERUSALEM —
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday, September 3, that Israel intends to build a
barrier on the Jordanian border to "prevent the infiltration" of
African asylum seekers into Israel, Amad News reported.
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Netanyahu stated in a tweet on his official Twitter account:
"We built a fence on our southern border (with Egypt) and stopped
infiltration from there into Israel." He added, "This prevented the
infiltration of over a million people from Africa, which would have destroyed
our country." In 2013, Israel erected a barrier along its border with
Egypt, stretching 241 kilometers.
Netanyahu continued, "Now we will build a fence on our
eastern border with Jordan and ensure no infiltration from there as well."
Eritrean Protests
This Saturday, September 2, many Eritreans protested in TelAviv in opposition to the current Eritrean Regime. “There were also dramatic
street battles between large crowds of Eritreans armed with pieces of wood,
metal and rocks,” the BBC reported.
“Police in riot gear fired tear gas, stun grenades and live
rounds as officers on horseback tried to push the protesters away.” Through the
questionable use of firing live round, 170 people were injured.
Netanyahu considered what happened in Tel Aviv on Saturday
to be "a crossing of a red line and acts of rioting that we cannot
accept" and threatened Eritrean protesters with "strict
measures," including immediate deportation.
Netanyahu also noted that "the problem is with those
who entered before the fence was completed, several tens of thousands of
illegal infiltrators." He blames the protests on the Supreme courts
refusal to permit harsher measures against migrants, whom he views as a threat.
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