to the U.S. illegally at the expense of citizens . “ A refuge for whom ? A sanctuary for whom ? ” Rep. Trey Gowdy Trey GowdyHouse Dems : ' Does not appear ' Flynn disclosed trip to Middle East Chaffetz : Trump administration ' almost worse ' than Obama 's on transparency Gowdy : Mueller a ' quintessential straight arrow ' MORE ( R - S.C. ) said .
Police and organisers estimated the crowd at up to 2,000 people for Sunday 's march , which ended outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's office . " Stop the suffering , stop the discrimination , stop the racism , " demonstrators chanted , holding signs with similar slogans as well as pictures of relatives left behind in Ethiopia . Antaihe Cheol , a 30-year - old resident of northern Israel , said his father and brother have been waiting to immigrateinspection.sensoryobserve.physicalinvestigateinspectfor 20 years . " This is simply discrimination , " Cheol told the AFP news agency . His friend Ashebo noted that the government actively encourages immigration of Jews from France , the United States and Russia .