Comment on Should African migrants be allowed to stay in Israel? by Shalom Freedman

As usual this is the best piece of writing I have seen on the subject in question. I also tend to think the Government has made the difficult right decision.
It does have a price however. What of our supposed being a moral example to others, and of our being the most compassionate of peoples?- an essential element of our historical self- definition. And of course what of the suffering caused to those who will be deported?
Yet I think the stronger argument is for the deterrent example it will set and for the better life of those long-term residents whose lives have been disturbed and damaged by these people.