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Far-right, anti-migrant activist Sheffi Paz jailed for 45 days for vandalizing EU mission in Tel Aviv
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court sentences far-right anti-migrant activist Sheffi Paz to 45 days in prison for vandalizing the European Union diplomatic mission in Tel Aviv in 2020.
Paz, 72, who has for years campaigned against asylum seekers and migrants in her south Tel Aviv neighborhood, expressed no remorse for her actions when being sentenced.
Far right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir slams the judicial system over Paz’s sentencing.
The court “stiffens the penalty when it comes to right-wing activists and eases the penalty when it comes to left-wing activists,” Ben Gvir charges in a statement. “I support Sheffi Paz in her fight to expel the illegal infiltrators who terrorize the neighborhoods of south Tel Aviv. Sheffi’s struggle is all of ours.”
In 2020, Paz broke into a preschool for children of asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv during the school day and the following year was banned from the Knesset after she called for the execution of a lawmaker who backed offering asylum to Afghan refugees.
She has also been detained over instances of graffiti against senior figures in the justice system.
Last month, Ben Gvir called for the deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers following a deadly brawl in south Tel Aviv.
The Times of Israel Community.