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How Eritrean regime agents persecute asylum seekers in Israel
Israeli authorities have long turned a blind eye to the threat Eritreans face from their own government, leaving the community desperate to protect itself.
By
Guli Dolev-Hashiloni
September 5, 2023
A lesson on Israeli ‘democracy’ from an 18-year-old draft refuser
Previous generations of Israelis closed their eyes to the oppression of Palestinians, Mizrahim, and asylum seekers. Our generation can be different.
By
Yahli Agai
September 5, 2023
A Palestinian trans woman’s story peels away Israel’s pinkwashing veil
From oppressive institutions to social prejudices, MC's ordeal embodies the dark reality of LGBTQ Palestinians who thought they could find safety in Israel.
By
Sharona Weiss
June 8, 2023
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In landmark ruling, refugee family wins asylum in Israel
Citing female genital mutilation as a form of persecution, Israeli High Court overrides state to recognize Binto and her Ivorian family as refugees.
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Naomi Niddam
February 13, 2020
In a single decade, Israel turned asylum seekers into criminals
By imprisoning and deporting asylum seekers, Israel has delegitimized the very concept of being a refugee.
By
Oren Ziv
December 31, 2019
Meet Gideon Sa’ar, the right-wing ideologue embraced by the Israeli left
Likud member Gideon Sa'ar is the new face of the left-wing and centrist anti-Netanyahu coalition. But as his track record shows, he's a staunch right-wing ideologue.
By
Naomi Niddam
December 2, 2019
PODCAST: Witnessing regime change in Sudan as a refugee in exile
The Sudanese refugee community in Israel watched ecstatically as long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir was deposed. But there’s a catch. Listen to the latest episode of The +972 Podcast. Listen here: iTunes/Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify “The uprising in Sudan did not start a couple of months ago, it started years ago,” says Mutasim Ali, one of the leaders…
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May 7, 2019
‘We’ll build a new country’: Sudanese refugees celebrate Bashir’s downfall in Tel Aviv
Celebrations erupt on the streets of south Tel Aviv as Sudan’s dictator steps down after 30 bloody years in power. Despite what appears to be a military takeover, Sudanese asylum seekers in Israel believe their revolution will win out. By Edo Konrad and Oren Ziv Mutasim Ali didn’t have much time to talk when we met in his south Tel…
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Edo Konrad
April 11, 2019
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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+972 Magazine
February 17, 2019
The grassroots movements in Israel-Palestine that won 2018
+972 Magazine’s story of the year for 2018 is the protest movements that managed to beat the odds by forcing governments to revisit and even change their policies. The story of African refugees stopping their deportation from Israel, and Gazans using popular protests to make sure the world doesn’t forget about them. By Michael Schaeffer…
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+972 Magazine
December 31, 2018
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
An open society or a tribalist one? Israelis will have to choose
A new documentary tells the story of the firebombing of a kindergarten for asylum seekers in Tel Aviv, holding up a mirror to the crucial choice Israeli society faces today. By Roni Dorot Roni Geffen’s short film, Divine Daycare, portrays an exercise in tribal solidarity, as well as an exercise in social solidarity beyond tribal bonds. The film…
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June 20, 2018
Asylum seeker hospitalized after being stabbed by group of Israelis
B., an asylum seeker from Sudan, was reportedly stabbed by a group of Israelis just two weeks after he moved to the central city of Netanya. Days after regaining consciousness, he is still unable to speak. By Oren Ziv / Activestills.org A Sudanese asylum seeker was stabbed by a group of four Israelis in the…
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Oren Ziv
May 17, 2018
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