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Who’s afraid of the African asylum seekers of South Tel Aviv?
As a general rule in Tel Aviv, if your taxi driver is still gabbing about a national news event — more often than not, with a conservative slant — you can bet the topic is also trending citywide.
NGO: Eritrean asylum seekers pressured to leave Israel
Israel attempted to deport 25 Eritrean asylum seekers in violation of international conventions, according to an Israeli NGO supporting the rights of migrants.
Iranian scientist requests asylum in Israel
An Iranian nuclear scientist has requested political asylum in Israel, an Israeli lawmaker said.\n
The wrong Zionist response to refugees
If Israel goes ahead and sends 1,000 southern Sudanese refugees back to live under the Pharaoh, after what they went through in Sudan, then once and for all we Jews ought to get off our high horse about how \”the world stood silent\” when we needed help.
Israel Policy of Imprisoning Refugees Being Challenged
Israeli activists and lawmakers are challenging in court the current policy of incarcerating Sudanese refugees who illegally enter the country under a law dealing with \”enemy nationals\” that allows them to be detained indefinitely.
Sudanese Discover Parallels in Visit to Yad Vashem
A group of refugees from Darfur on a visit to Yad Vashem lingered next to a model of the crematorium at Auschwitz, taking in the ghastly sight of bodies carried on cots and pushed into ovens.
A Troubled Exodus
With two miles of bare footprints behind them, Ahmed and Fatima and their three children approached the border with Israel in the middle of a cold winter night. Snow was falling in the Sinai.