Israel To Build African ‘Migrant Center’
With rhetoric sounding like it’s coming straight out of Arizona, the Israeli cabinet has voted to construct a facility to hold detained undocumented immigrants who arrive to Israel from Africa. Prime minister Netanyahu claims migrants have “harsh implications for Israel’s character”. That’s political speak for “not Jewish”, by the way. —JCL Al-Jazeera English: Israel’s cabinet has voted to build a facility to hold the thousands of illegal immigrants who arrive every year mainly from Africa. The move is designed to provide a centre in the country’s southern Negev desert, close to the border with Egypt, where the basic needs of the migrants can be met, but they will not be allowed to work, Israeli officials said. “There is a swelling wave threatening Israeli jobs, a wave of illegal migrants that we must stop because of the harsh implications for Israel’s character,” Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, told the cabinet before the vote on Sunday. Read more Related Entries November 28, 2010 Recruiting ‘Allies’ to Israel November 24, 2010 More News, Less Turkey
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Israel To Build African ‘Migrant Center’
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