Israeli PM: African Illegal Workers ‘Tangible Threat’ to Jewish State

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel was considering deporting 1,000 Eritreans who took part in riots in Tel Aviv over the weekend that injured dozens, including Israeli policemen. Clashes erupted on Saturday when a demonstration against a pro-Eritrean government event turned violent, injuring nearly 140 people, including a dozen Eritrean asylum seekers who were hit by Israeli police gunfire. "The massive illegal infiltration of illegal workers from Africa into Israel constitutes a tangible threat to the future of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state,” said Netanyahu.