The Times of Israel reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday toured south Tel Aviv, an area that has seen a large influx of illegal African migrants in recent years, and vowed that the government will “give back” the neighborhood to its Israeli residents.
Netanyahu, who announced his intention to establish a ministerial committee to deal with the issue, was accompanied by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan and Culture Minister Miri Regev.
The show of ministerial force came after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government could continue with its controversial practice of deporting undocumented migrants to an unnamed third country, but said the government cannot jail those who refuse to go for more than 60 days.
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