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Eugene

(61,919 posts) Mon Jun 4, 2012, 09:56 AM Jun 2012

Jerusalem apartment housing migrants firebombed

Source: The Guardian

Jerusalem apartment housing migrants firebombed

Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 June 2012 11.50 BST

An apartment housing 10 Eritreans has been firebombed in Jerusalem, against the backdrop of rising anti-migrant sentiment in Israel.

Four of the occupants were taken to hospital suffering burns and smoke inhalation. Graffiti sprayed on the walls of the building said: "Get out of the neighbourhood."

The Jerusalem fire department and police said arson was indicated. "This looks like an arson attempt on an apartment which housed Eritrean migrants. The police (are) treating this all due seriousness and will employ all means at its disposal to apprehend those responsible," said a police statement.

The attack in the early hours of Monday morning follows a series of firebombings in southern Tel Aviv – an area in which African migrants are concentrated – including apartments and a kindergarten. Shops run by or serving migrants were smashed up and looted in a violent demonstration last month, in which Africans were attacked.

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Jerusalem apartment housing migrants firebombed (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2012 OP

Glad that the police are taking this seriously oberliner Jun 2012 #1

Most Israeli Jews agree: African migrants are ‘a cancer’ Scurrilous Jun 2012 #2

Israel begins deportation of South Sudanese migrants Scurrilous Jun 2012 #3

oberliner

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1. Glad that the police are taking this seriously

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:10 PM

Jun 2012

Good to hear such a strong statement from the department that they are employing all means at their disposal to apprehend those responsible.

Let's hope they are successful and the criminal is arrested.

Scurrilous

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2. Most Israeli Jews agree: African migrants are ‘a cancer’

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jun 8, 2012, 11:12 AM

Jun 2012

Peace Index finds 33% condone anti-migrant violence, establishes a direct correlation between racist attitudes and religiosity

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"Fifty-two percent of Jewish Israelis identify with the statement by MK Miri Regev last month that African migrants are “a cancer in the body” of the nation, and over a third condone anti-migrant violence, according to the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) Peace Index for May 2012.

Broken down by political and religious affiliation, the monthly index’s findings reveal that among Jews there is a direct correlation between right-wing political affiliation and a racist attitude toward migrants. Thus, 86 percent of Shas voters and 66 percent of Likud voters polled expressed identification with Regev’s controversial statement, as opposed to 32 percent of Labor voters and four percent of Meretz voters.

The degree of religiosity attested to by respondents also accounted for a large disparity in the findings, with 81.5% and 66% of self-described ultra-Orthodox and Orthodox, respectively, agreeing with Regev’s statement, as opposed to 38% of secular Israelis.

Only 19% of Arab respondents agreed that the migrants were “a cancer.”

http://www.timesofisrael.com/most-israeli-jews-agree-africans-are-a-cancer/

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

3. Israel begins deportation of South Sudanese migrants

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 11:30 AM

Jun 2012

Interior Minister Eli Yishai says arrests are first of many steps, yet cautions much work remains until his vision of migrant-free Israel is fulfilled.

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"Israel's Immigration Authority began rounding up African migrants on Sunday, with eight arrests reported in Eilat and central Israel.

The Jerusalem's District Court ruled on Thursday that Israel could deport South Sudanese nationals back to their home county.

Interior Minister Eli Yishai said that this was a first of many steps and that a great deal of work is left until his vision of a migrant-free Israel is fulfilled."

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israel-begins-deportation-of-south-sudanese-migrants-1.435523

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