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Gantz: Tel Aviv clashes ‘not a legitimate protest, but serious violence’

2 September 2023, 8:20 pm 0 Edit

National Unity party leader Benny Gantz at a conference in Tel Aviv, August 20, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

National Unity party leader Benny Gantz at a conference in Tel Aviv, August 20, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

National Unity chair Benny Gantz calls violent clashes in Tel Aviv between asylum seekers supporting and opposing the Eritrean government an illegitimate demonstration.

“What happened today on the streets of Tel Aviv was not a legitimate protest, but serious violence,” Gantz tweets.

“The perpetrators must be brought to justice, order must be restored, and lessons must be learned from the incident and overall damage to governance under the current government. All this, in addition to the need to formulate a policy that will deal with the problem of asylum seekers in the long term,” he adds.