African Asylum Seekers Paint Themselves White to Protest Deportations from Israel
  • 6 years ago

A group of African immigrants painted their faces white for a demonstration outside the Rwandan Embassy in Tel Aviv on February 7, in protests against the Israeli government’s controversial decision to deport thousands of African asylum seekers.This video shows the group holding signs that read, “Now I’m white, will you still deport me to Rwanda?” and “Black or White, I’m a Human.”The protest came as Israel began sending out deportation notices to thousands of African asylum seekers, according to The Jerusalem Post.Haaretz reported the Israeli government planned to send 20,000 asylum seekers back to Africa by 2020, many of whom were believed to have entered the country illegally. Credit: Sigal Kook Avivi via Storyful
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