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Fast Forward Israeli Police Arrest Dozens of Africans
Israel’s immigration police arrested on Monday dozens of African migrants, mostly South Sudanese nationals, in Eilat and central Israel. The Interior Ministry’s Oz Immigration Police raided a neighborhood in Eilat on Monday morning, arresting dozens of South Sudanese migrants in order to deport them back to their country of origin. Around 5:00 A.M., a large…
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Fast Forward Fear Mounts Among Africans Over Deportations
Many African migrants in the country are living now in a state of fear, more worried than ever about being deported. “They told us in January they were removing our collective protection, but it’s only now that we’re seeing action in the field, and it’s starting to close in on us,” said Bernard Abbot, who…
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Fast Forward Israelis Sabotage Water Supply of Bedouins
Israel police arrested four Israelis on suspicion they had sabotaged the water supply to a cluster of Bedouin settlement in Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem. The four were arrested in Sunday night close to the place where the sabotage had taken place, after the Bedouins called the police. The Police Judea and Samaria District said…
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Fast Forward Israel Starts Round-Up of African Immigrants
Israel’s Immigration Authority began rounding up African migrants on Sunday, with eight arrests reported in Eilat and central Israel. The Jerusalem’s District Court ruled on Thursday that Israel could deport South Sudanese nationals back to their home county. Interior Minister Eli Yishai said that this was a first of many steps and that a great…
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Fast Forward Israeli Monkey Farm Accepts Export Compromise
Representatives from Israel’s Mazor monkey breeding farm said Sunday they will accept a High Court of Justice ruling which green-lights the sale of 40 monkeys bred in captivity for experiments in the Unites States, but bans the export of 50 monkeys born in the wild. Animal rights groups had petitioned the court to demand a…
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Fast Forward Settlements Could Spark Protests, Bibi Warned
Mideast experts warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that construction policies in the settlements or the burning of a major mosque by extremists could help trigger a violent uprising in the West Bank. The meeting with Netanyahu, which lasted about 90 minutes, took place Tuesday evening. The burning of a major mosque by Jewish…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Gets His Way on Settlements
Likud cabinet ministers discovered this week, not for the first time, that anyone who makes deals with settlers in the territories and wants their votes in the primaries, will meet them in demonstrations outside his home. Anyone who promises to support the law to legalize settlements retroactively on land privately owned by Palestinians to prevent…
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Fast Forward Shimon Will Bring Necklace for Michelle
President Shimon Peres didn’t receive his President’s Medal of Freedom last month with other award recipients – he will have his own ceremony on Wednesday, June 13, at the White House, one that will end with special performance for about 140 guests. As protocol requires, the president will bring special gifts for his host and…
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