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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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Netanyahu’s gift to anti-deportation activists
Netanyahu inadvertently told the entire country that there is a better alternative to his policies. Now that the alternative is within reach, the work of anti-deportation activists will become easier. The terrible thing about Netanyahu’s UN deal, and its subsequent cancellation on Tuesday, is that behind the political flip-flopping are people — thousands of families…
By
Noam Sheizaf
April 3, 2018
Deal or no deal, the anti-deportation campaign can claim victory
One day after proudly announcing a UN agreement to resettle 16,000 asylum seekers, Netanyahu cancels the agreement due to criticism from the Right. And yet, the anti-deportation campaign can claim a victory. Benjamin Netanyahu is in trouble. With his announcement of the UN agreement regarding the African asylum seekers yesterday, and his announcement several hours later…
By
Haggai Matar
April 3, 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…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
April 2, 2018
Hundreds of asylum seekers in Israel to spend Passover behind bars
High Court extends an injunction against the planned mass deportation of African asylum seekers, but those already locked up for refusing deportation will spend the ‘festival of freedom’ in prison. Hundreds of African asylum seekers will remain in Israeli prisons this Passover, their fate on hold after the country’s High Court gave the government an…
By
Joshua Leifer
March 27, 2018
At Tel Aviv rally, a Mizrahi-asylum seeker alliance is born
Tens of thousands crowded Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Saturday to show solidarity for asylum seekers facing deportation. ‘If we let the deportation happen, the Jewish people will have a stain on its history forever.’ It was an unusually hazy night in Tel Aviv. The lights from the stage caught the dust in long, yellow beams.…
By
Joshua Leifer
March 25, 2018
Injunction poses first major hurdle to deportation plan
The temporary injunction against the government’s plan will remain in effect for at least another week and a half. But the mass deportations are still scheduled to begin on April 1. Israel’s top court issued a temporary injunction against the mass deportation of tens of thousands of African asylum seekers on Thursday. The decision came in…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
March 16, 2018
In lead-up to mass deportation, Israel closes Holot detention facility
For the past four years, asylum seekers and their supporters have demanded that the Holot detention center be shut down. Now it’s finally happening, but not at all how they envisioned. The Israeli government shut down the Holot detention facility, the open-air, desert detention facility built for African asylum seekers, on Wednesday after four years…
By
Joshua Leifer
March 15, 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…
By
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…
By
Joshua Leifer
March 13, 2018
Hundreds of women march in south Tel Aviv against deportations
To mark International Women’s Day, asylum seekers and long-term residents of south Tel Aviv march together to oppose the deportation of refugees from Israel, and call for the rehabilitation south Tel Aviv’s neighborhoods. Over 700 women, both asylum seekers and long-term residents of south Tel Aviv, gathered Friday morning for a solidarity through the city’s southern neighborhoods,…
By
Yali (Yael) Marom
March 9, 2018
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