Date: Thursday, 02 August 2018
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'They are Getting Married' and 'Have no Culture!' Israeli Politician on African Migrants
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The crisis faced by African migrants in Israel has not yet come to an end. A recent video was shared among Israeli social media users featuring a right-wing member of the Knesset. Oren Hazan
appeared discussing the African migrants issue in the country
In the video, Hazan appears talking about how migrants who came from “the black lands” brought Africa to Tel Aviv instead of taking Tel Aviv to Africa. “Instead of taking our technology, instead of taking our way of help, of care, of everything..”
The MK also goes on to say: “Now, they are getting married, they bring kids to the world.. And we will stop this too.”
Hazan also claimed: “They don’t even have a culture!”. He also addressed the government saying: “If you don’t kick them right now, then they will kick you in the future.”
“You need to destroy the problem when it is still small.”
Around 37,000 African migrants; 27,000 from Eritrea, 7,500 from Sudan and 2,500 people from other African nations, have been seeking asylum in Israel during the last 18 years posing a moral dilemma for the Israeli government, as people are split between expelling migrants or welcoming them.
Many of them entered Israel through Egypt, before Israel built a fence along the desert border hoping to end the illegal crossings.
Meanwhile, more than 4,000 migrants have left Israel for Rwanda and Uganda since 2013 under a voluntary program. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is still facing piling pressure from his government to expel more.
The video created discomfort among some Israelis who expressed their shock of hearing such remarks from an Israeli politician, especially as his hate-speech is similar to Hitler’s hate-speech toward Jews.
Some might think that Hazan is one politician in Israel who does not represent the whole country. Yet Hazan is an MK who was elected to represent Israelis.
