Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Wednesday that the protest of the Ethiopian immigrants was justified even though he criticized the violent riots that accompanied their protest.
In an interview with Channel 13 News, Erdan said, "I have been in a dialogue with the leaders of the Ethiopian community since the morning, we have not yet reached conclusions. The idea was to find more steps that could contribute to calming the spirits. We wanted to prevent pictures like the ones we saw yesterday. Because that was not a protest - it was just a wave of vandalism and violence. And I’m certain that they also understand that this hurts both them as well as their justified struggle."
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