Israel readies deportation for African refugees

Israel has began its' "emergency" plan to deport thousands of African refugees.

Israeli officials plan to deport over 50,000 immigrants in an attempt to save their economy.

Hundreds of Sudanese men protested on Sunday against the plan.

"We are refugees, not criminals," they chanted.

Many of them traveled to Israel to escape corruption in Darfur.

"We are being called a cancer and an AIDs virus on the the Israeli people, by politicians in the Knesset," said protest organizer Jacob Berri.

Israeli residents are afraid that Africans will take over their homes and threaten their livelihood.

"They've come here to rape and steal," said an Israeli protester.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said,  " We are moral people and we will act accordingly. We denounce violence; we denounce invective. We respect human rights. Israel cannot accept infiltrators from an entire continent."

The first plane load of refugees is expected to leave next week.

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