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Channel 2 interview of Gary, an Eritrean man, at the scene where his friend Habtom Zerhom was killed by a mob of Israelis after a terror attack.

Eritrean man’s ‘lynch’ highlights failings of the Israeli press

The Israeli media shares some responsibility for the hysteria on the streets and the phenomenon of ‘accidental’ attacks against Jews, Palestinians, and now Eritreans. By Hagar Shezaf Habtom Zerhom, an Eritrean asylum seeker, was shot by security forces and then lynched by Israelis in Beer Sheva’s bus station after being mistakenly identified as a terrorist…

By +972 Magazine October 20, 2015

Habtom Zarhum

The ‘lynching’ of Habtom Zarhum: A history of incitement

Activists, asylum seekers and refugee advocates in Israel are pointing to the incitement directed toward African asylum seekers — by politicians, state institutions and the media — as necessary context for the vigilante mob and shooting that killed an Eritrean asylum seeker. An Eritrean asylum seeker was mistaken for a Palestinian during a shooting attack at…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat October 20, 2015