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A south Tel Aviv apartment building that unwillingly became a way station for bus exhaust and pollution. (Photo by Roi Boshi/CC)

Israel’s ‘backyards’: First south Tel Aviv, then Holot

So long as the fight for asylum seekers’ rights — which I have taken part in — remains blind to the fact that Mizrahi slums are the only places carrying the burden of supporting and integrating asylum seekers, any celebration of the High Court to shut down Holot is premature. By Shula Keshet (Translated from Hebrew…

By Haokets November 11, 2014

Policeman and attack dog watch over African workers emptying asylum seeker's store (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

Municipal authorities raid and shutter asylum seekers’ businesses in Tel Aviv

Dozens of Tel Aviv municipal officers, border policemen and private movers raided several businesses run by African asylum seekers around Tel Aviv’s central bus station, confiscating goods and welding the doors shut. Officials also poured bleach into food in a Darfur refugee’s restaurant. Is city hall preparing for the upcoming municipal elections? A group of…

By Haggai Matar May 12, 2013

Busloads of prejudice: Revealing encounters on Israeli roads

I’m traveling all over the country these days for a project, and I mean all over. I’m visiting every town large enough to possess a central bus terminal. The article deals with these terminals and their general state of neglect. I vowed to visit them all. Yes, these places are in suffering from disrepair, but…

By Yuval Ben-Ami November 1, 2010

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