Israel is contemplating immediately deporting the Eritrean refugees enmeshed in the riots that occurred in Tel Aviv on Saturday, September 2.
At this time, it is reported that more than 170 people had sustained injuries in the violent clashes with police officials as well as the in-fighting between groups of supporters and opponents of the Eritrean regime.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had remarked that “a critical line” had been crossed in yesterday’s clash.
Netanyahu had also directed for the removal of all African migrants he has tagged as “illegal infiltrators”.
The unprecedented disorder that happened on Saturday had begun after activists averse to the Eritrean government had announced that they had pleaded with the Israeli authorities to cancel an event planned by their country’s embassy.
The Eritrean countrymen had thereafter, broken through a police barricade made around the venue.
Policemen in return had fired tear gas, stun grenades and live rounds in an attempt to push the protesters away.
An inquiry has been launched into whether the use of live fire on protestors was lawful.
The Israeli police, of which several dozen of them had been injured, has since stated that they felt their lives were threatened by the protestors.
Residents had remarked that the streets of central Tel Aviv had seemed like a war zone for the whole several hours the conflict took place, with police helicopters hovering overhead and sirens blaring.
This latest riot has brought the pervasive issue of migrants back on the political agenda, at a critical time when Israel is already divided over the authorities highly controversial judicial overhaul plan.
Netanyahu and several other key members in his cabinet have blamed the Supreme Court for stopping the earlier attempted plan to push migrants out of Israel.
