Israel has had diplomatic relations with the autocratic Eritrean regime for three decades. But security ties have been kept secret, and most of what in known about them are due to foreign media reports whose veracity is debatable

Israeli expat academics, including from Harvard, Yale and Oxford, support protests until the government upholds Supreme Court rulings and reverses the judicial coup. 'I'm afraid we won't have a home to return to and raise my children,' one scholar said

In a meeting headed by top Israeli government and security officials, Prime Minister Netanyahu criticized a UN outline he proposed in 2018, and blamed the High Court for rejecting proposals to expel 'infiltrators' from the country

Israel's police did fulfil their duty Saturday, when they failed to prepare accordingly for protests amongst the Eritrean asylum seeker community in Tel Aviv despite all the warning signs