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Thursday, August 31, 2017
Netanyahu vows to ‘give back’ south Tel Aviv to residents
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTouring south Tel Aviv, an area that has seen a large influx of African migrants in recent years, Netanyahu vows the government will “give back” the neighborhood to its Israeli residents.
“We are here on a mission to give back south Tel Aviv to the Israeli residents,” says the prime minister. “I’ve heard the residents, and what I hear is pain and crisis.”
Many local residents had protested the asylum-seekers and accused the government of “abandoning” them.
Netanyahu was accompanied by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan and Culture Minister Miri Regev.
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