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Live blog: Global protests against Israeli plans to deport refugees
Protests are expected outside Rwandan embassies around the world Wednesday as Israel moves forward with its plan to deport tens of thousands of asylum seekers, most of whom fled Eritrea and Sudan. By +972 Magazine Staff [This live blog has ended.] Activists hope Israel’s deportation plan can be stopped if Rwanda pulls out of its…
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February 7, 2018
Following protest, Interior Ministry refuses to accept asylum requests
Activists splashed red paint and left mannequin heads at the entrance to the Population and Immigration Authority’s office in Tel Aviv. The Interior Ministry decided to collectively punish the asylum seekers in response. The Israeli Interior Ministry said it was refusing to process any asylum claims Sunday morning as a collective punishment of sorts in…
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Joshua Leifer
January 28, 2018
Asylum seekers to Israel’s president: ‘Look us in the eyes’
Israel plans to begin deporting tens of thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers in the coming months. Hundreds gather outside the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, hoping to tell him their stories. Several hundred asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan demonstrated in front of Israeli President Rivlin’s official residence in Jerusalem Monday night, calling on…
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Yali (Yael) Marom
January 23, 2018
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From protest villages to hunger strikes: A week in photos – January 31-February 6
This week: Palestinians erect a new West Bank protest village, show solidarity with hunger striking prisoners and demonstrate against the occupation, while a 61-year-old Israeli woman is evicted from her home and Eritrean asylum seekers call for an end to the dictatorial regime in their home country. …
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Activestills
February 7, 2013
Asylum seekers: Israeli support for Eritrea prevents us from going home
‘We call on the Israeli government to stop all diplomatic and economic ties with Eritrea, including ending Israeli military presence on Eritrean islands, suspending the sharing of intelligence, and stopping all economic support to the dictatorship.’ By Isayas Teklebrhan More than 100 Eritrean asylum seekers traveled to Jerusalem by bus on Sunday to hold a…
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September 28, 2012
Testimonies: Israelis tear-gassed pleading asylum seekers, dragged them to Egypt
Contrary to Israeli statements suggesting that 18 starved Eritrean agreed to go back to Egypt, the survivors tell lawyers their comrades were forcibly dragged away from the fence, despite begging to be killed rather than returned to Egypt. The refugees reported they were previously tear gassed, pushed away with metal rods and denied food. The…
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Dimi Reider
September 12, 2012
Palestinian prisoners, Eritrean refugees: On the outskirts of Israeli law
In the case of the refugees trapped on the Israeli border, as in the matter of hunger striking prisoner Khader Adnan, Israel’s highest court wriggled out of a decision, escaping the shackles of democracy and international law that are supposed to guide its work. Last February, a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail was on the…
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Noa Yachot
September 7, 2012
Asylum seekers can now face years in prison over false accusation
The Prevention of Infiltration Law, which enables asylum seekers to be detained for three years or more without trial, can now be applied to anyone with a ‘criminal background.’ But what does ‘criminal background’ mean? It’s unclear. By Elizabeth Tsurkov In early July 2012, the Ministry of Interior and the Israel Police decided to allow…
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+972 Magazine
August 25, 2012
Three Eritreans stabbed in south Tel Aviv internet cafe
The suspect in the stabbing is a white Israeli man who fled the scene. All three Eritreans reportedly suffered light injuries. At around 11 a.m. this morning (Tuesday), a man entered an internet cafe in the Shapira neighborhood of south Tel Aviv, stabbed three Eritrean asylum seekers who were inside, and fled the scene. One…
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Haggai Matar
July 31, 2012
Kadima MK: Send leftists to camps; MKs attack African refugees
UPDATE: At the end of the Knesset hearing Tuesday, MK (Kadima) Yulia Shamalov Berkovtich said that “All human rights activists should be imprisoned and transported to camps we are building,” referring to a facility now being constructed in the south to hold African refugees. She referred to those aiding refugees as “hypocrites” that incite against Jews.…
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Mairav Zonszein
May 29, 2012
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