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Meet the Israelis trying to stop arms sales to dictatorships
For decades, Israel has been selling arms and providing military training to some of the world’s most brutal regimes, from Rwanda to Burma to Pinochet’s Chile. Now a group of Israelis are coming together to try and force the government to stop those arms deals, and come clean about its past and present ties to murderous dictatorships.
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Social TV
May 28, 2019
How Israel helped prop up Rwanda’s Hutu regime before the genocide
Israel refuses to come clean about its links with the murderous Hutu regime that carried out the genocide in Rwanda 25 years ago. But Foreign Ministry documents show that Israel was aware of the massacres against the Tutsi minority way back in the 1960s — and turned a blind eye. By Eitay Mack On April 6, 1994, hours after…
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+972 Magazine
April 29, 2019
Safe from deportations, asylum seekers in Israel still living in fear
2018 began with the Israeli government attempting to deport 35,000 asylum seekers to countries where they would face persecution and possible death. The tireless work of activists stopped the government in its tracks — yet asylum seekers in Israel continue to face an uncertain future.
By
Oren Ziv
December 30, 2018
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U.S. Embassy celebrations: A who’s who of the Israeli arms trade
Only around 30 countries took part in the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s gala celebrating the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem last week. Not coincidentally, Israel’s ties with most of them are based on arms sales used to carry out gross human rights violations. By Eitay Mack [Correction added below.] Immediately following the end of the 1967 War, the State of…
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+972 Magazine
May 22, 2018
Israel scraps plan to forcibly deport African asylum seekers
After failing to reach an agreement with a ‘third country,’ Israel announces that its plan to deport tens of thousands of African asylum seekers has collapsed. +972 Magazine Staff The Israeli government informed the High Court Tuesday that its plan to forcibly deport tens of thousands of African asylum seekers has collapsed, after failing to broker a deal with…
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+972 Magazine
April 24, 2018
In another blow to deportation plan, Israel frees jailed asylum seekers
Israel frees 200 asylum seekers imprisoned for refusing deportation after the government admits there is no secret agreement with Uganda that allows for the mass deportation of refugees. Israel released 207 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers on Sunday, all of whom had been indefinitely imprisoned for refusing deportation to Uganda or Rwanda. Israel’s High Court…
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Joshua Leifer
April 15, 2018
Hundreds around the world protest Israel’s plan to deport refugees to Uganda
Demonstrators gather in Tel Aviv and in front Ugandan embassies in cities around the world to protest Israel’s plan to deport tens of thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to Uganda. Asylum seekers and activists protested in Tel Aviv and outside Ugandan embassies around the world on Monday against Israel’s plan to deport tens of thousands…
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Joshua Leifer
April 9, 2018
Rwanda is out, but Israel says it can still deport refugees to — Uganda?
International pressure led Rwanda to back out of a secret agreement to take in African asylum seekers deported from Israel. Now Israel says it has a nearly identical agreement with a second country, widely known to be Uganda. Kampala denies any such agreement exists. Israeli insisted on Wednesday that despite the collapse of a deal…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
April 4, 2018
Racism is the only factor that can sway Netanyahu’s base
For the first time since he took office, Netanyahu did something that angered his loyal base to the extent that they are threatening to vote for another party. On Monday Benjamin Netanyahu proved two things: one, that his base of fanatically loyal voters are motivated primarily by racism; two, that Facebook’s “angry” emoticon can drive government policy that affects the…
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Lisa Goldman
April 4, 2018
Israel halts refugee deportation plan, UN to help with resettlement [updated]
After major public campaigns inside Israel and abroad, pressure on the Rwandan government not to accept refugees deported by Israel, and ultimately effective legal challenges, Israel announces it will scrap its mass deportation plan and work with the UN to resettle African asylum seekers in Western countries. This is a huge victory but there may…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
April 2, 2018
Israel halts asylum seeker deportations — for now
Israeli authorities signal they plan to keep the deportation plan on schedule. By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man and Joshua Leifer Israeli authorities announced that they will temporarily halt, until further notice, the deportation of African asylum seekers to Rwanda and Uganda. Israel will, however, continue to issue deportation notices, and asylum seekers who are already in…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
March 14, 2018
Israel’s secret deportation plan faces biggest challenge yet
A petition on behalf of 119 human rights activists to Israel’s High Court of Justice is the most serious challenge yet to the Israeli government’s plan to deport tens of thousands of asylum seekers. The Israeli government’s plan to deport tens of thousands of African asylum seekers may face its most serious hurdle as the…
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Joshua Leifer
March 13, 2018
Pushed out by Israel, asylum seekers find only limbo in Uganda
+972 Magazine joins Meretz MKs Mossi Raz and Michal Rozin in Rwanda and Uganda to find out what happens to the asylum seekers Israel is deporting there. After meeting humanitarian organizations, parliamentarians, and refugees, one thing becomes clear: Most are forced to continue their quest for safety and security elsewhere.
By
Oren Ziv
February 27, 2018
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