Stopping deportation flights!

18/02/18

What an incredible week! On Saturday night we demonstrated with tens of thousands of Israelis from across the country who joined residents of South Tel Aviv and asylum seekers to call together: no to deportations! DSC_2398Only days before the mass rally, over 100 Zazim members held a unique demonstration outside the offices of Ethiopian Airlines in Tel Aviv - shining a spotlight on the airline’s role in the deportations. Ethiopian Airlines and other international companies have been quietly deporting hundreds of refugees every month - but now we brought the fight straight to Ethiopian Airlines’ doorstep. This is how it looked like: Ending the deportations won’t be easy - but we know that together we can win. Our action launched an international campaign to pressure the airlines, and was the first in a series of on-the-ground actions in Tel Aviv. For more than two months, our community has been entirely dedicated to stopping the cruel deportations. Over 12,500 of us convinced Israeli pilots and flight crews not to deport refugees, and together we created a media storm in Israel and around the world. Now we are taking the incredible power of our community to the international airline companies, and to the streets.