The Israeli activist who goes by the name gangreentv has sent us the video above. It’s the second video we’ve posted from them. They also sent this explanation below:
While much media attention is focused on Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian population, and rightfully so, most English-speakers don’t know about Israel’s asylum seekers and foreign workers, two other marginalized groups that are constantly being harassed and threatened with deportation.
Many of them are refugees of armed conflicts in Africa — conflicts that the Israeli government indirectly contributes to by selling weapons on the continent. But instead of granting these people status, it considers them a ‘demographic threat’ and orders its immigration people to round them up for expulsion.
After Israel began to phase out the use of Palestinian laborers, deeming them a security risk, the government began to ‘import’ foreign workers, mainly from East Asia, to do dirty work. But these people are relegated to serf status, and are deported and replaced if they try to form families, a basic human right.
This 4-minute video puts a human face on the people of color that have migrated to Israel over the last few years. Israelis of conscience are starting to rally for their right to stay in the country, but the government is determined to grant that privilege to Jews only. Israel: if you are not apartheid state, then start proving it!
