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Israel wants to deport 300 refugees to one of the world’s most dangerous countries
Israel’s 300 Congolese asylum seekers have been living in the country for well over a decade. Now the Israeli government is trying to deport them back to their home country, considered one of the most dangerous in the world. By Ben Toren It was nine years ago that Julie Wabiwa Juliette narrowly fled her home…
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February 17, 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.
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Oren Ziv
December 30, 2018
The Netanyahu government went off the rails this weekend
In under 24 hours, Netanyahu and his cronies attacked left-wing NGOs, tried to shut down Israel’s public broadcaster, and starting advancing a law that would give the prime minister immunity for corruption charges. By Yossi Dahan What transpired in the Israeli government over a 24-hour period this past weekend is nothing short of nauseating. It began…
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Haokets
October 17, 2017
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Netanyahu exploiting south Tel Aviv’s hardships to attack asylum seekers
Netanyahu has asylum seekers right where he wants them. He can exploit the hardships of south Tel Aviv residents to continue inciting against the Supreme Court, the media, and human rights organizations. By Yossi Dahan After years in which Netanyahu did not set foot in south Tel Aviv, the prime minister came to the area last week…
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Haokets
September 8, 2017
Israel to strip Jerusalem residency status from family of truck attacker
The decision to strip the al-Qunbar family of their right to live in their native city is not only collective punishment, but also raises questions about the Israeli government’s policy towards Palestinian residents of Jerusalem. The family of the Jerusalem man who rammed his truck into a crowd of people on a popular promenade on Monday will…
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Lisa Goldman
January 10, 2017
Israel’s government wants Facebook to do its dirty work
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan wants Facebook to help run his police state, the army punishes an entire village for the actions of one person, and the interior minister thinks revoking citizenship is the solution to violence. Three comments on collective punishment. By Noam Rotem 1. Facebook at the Shin Bet’s disposal In an interview…
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July 3, 2016
Israel puts ‘travel ban’ on BDS campaigner Omar Barghouti
Officials have indicated for months they are considering bureaucratic measures to punish the BDS movement co-founder. The de facto travel ban is part of a possible revocation of his residency status; Barghouti has lived in Israel for 22 years. Israeli authorities have put a de facto travel ban on Palestinian boycott campaigner and BDS Movement…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
May 10, 2016
It’s time for a one-state solution
There is no use convincing the Jewish public to support the two-state solution, especially when over 500,000 settlers live beyond the Green Line and there is no guarantee that a Palestinian state will not be the source of terror against Israelis. The only way forward is to grant full equality to all. By Yonatan Amir…
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March 23, 2015
Can a feminist Mizrahi woman find her political home in Shas?
Although it is run by ultra-Orthodox men and its path for social mobility is anchored in religion, Shas remains the only truly socially minded political party and is certainly the only Mizrahi party. One voter’s search for answers. By Efrat Shani-Shitrit A few weeks ago, flyers targeting the women of north Tel Aviv were posted around…
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Haokets
February 7, 2015
WATCH: Shas’ stunning election ad is a challenge to both Right and Left
The ultra-Orthodox party, which has drifted far to the right over the past several years, reaches out to the all the Israelis who are not middle-class – which is to say, the majority. Shas, the party founded by the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and today led by Rabbi Aryeh Deri, is usually seen as the…
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Dimi Reider
January 18, 2015
What the polls say about Netanyahu’s election chances
Netanyahu has more paths to the Prime Minister’s Office than Herzog, but also more party leaders who oppose him personally. Seventy-one days ahead of Israel’s general elections, two major stories are dominating the political news cycle: the showdown between Shas’s former leaders – Aryeh Deri and Eli Yishai – and the corruption affair involving senior…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 4, 2015
Why are Jerusalem leftists voting for a pro-settlement mayor?
Over 5 million Israelis have the right to vote in the municipal elections today. National politics are not as directly reflected in municipal polls as they were in the past – when Likud and Labor used those as platform for securing their parties’ political machines (plus, there just isn’t much of a competition in the…
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Noam Sheizaf
October 22, 2013
Will ‘Bieberman’ bring down Netanyahu sooner than he thinks?
The reappearance of some veteran politicians on the scene had Netanyahu worried enough to merge with Lieberman. But while Bibi may be ensured another term, he will ultimately pay for the toll of his economic and political policies on Israelis and Palestinians. By Yacov Ben Efrat Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for early elections initially evoked an…
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October 30, 2012
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