As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu continues to proclaim he will not grant asylum for tens of thousands of illegals from Eritrea and Sudan, that community remains determined to legalize their status in Israel.

Tens of thousands of members of that illegal community protested outside Knesset on Wednesday 7 Shevat 5774, the fourth consecutive day of protests in Israel, demanding that the government address their plight and grant them political amnesty. A request to meet with elected officials in Knesset was turned down by Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein after the speaker discussed permitting a small delegation into Knesset with the parliament’s security officer.

MKs primarily from the left-wing are now championing the cause of the illegals, the very same population of illegals that have turned southern Tel Aviv into an area plagued with violent crime. MKs from Hadash, Labor, Yesh Atid and Meretz called on Speaker Edelstein to permit representatives of the protesters into Knesset, but he remained firm in his rejection of their request. The MKs convened a press conference to condemn Edelstein’s decision, accusing the government of failing to properly address “the critical humanitarian plight of the asylum-seekers”.

Many feel that for the left-wing, this is yet another opportunity to bring additional goyim into Israel and thereby dilute the rapidly growing population of chareidim and predominately religious residents of Yehuda and Shomron. The influx of hundreds of thousands of Russian goyim was not sufficient for them as they yearn to advance the “Israeli” secular agenda over the growing Torah agenda.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)