Once upon a time, the Holocaust mattered to Africans. While Germans rampaged through North Africa, African newspaper editors saw Nazi atrocities as yet another argument against the so-called civilizing benefits of Western colonialism. African nations tried to prevent their Jewish residents from being hauled off to camps, some of which became synonymous in the native language with the word for hell.
“The Hitler Haggadah” tells of the Allied victory in North Africa through the framing of the Passover story.
The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who had entered the country illegally.
The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who had entered the country illegally.
The Israeli public overwhelmingly rejects the idea of granting residency to all or most of the migrants.
The cancellation on Tuesday afternoon came a day after the agreement was first announced.
A Democratic congressional delegation urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the release of African asylum seekers.
AIPAC is missing an opportunity to help Israel solve it’s current refugee crisis — or at least address it in a friendly environment.
“We have an opportunity to do the mitzvah of ‘You shall love the stranger.’ These young men never lost hope. They believe in us.”
Around 20,000 men, many of whom are applying for refugee status, are being threatened with indefinite incarceration if they do not leave.