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Fast Forward Israel Readies New Anti-African Crackdown
A new enforcement campaign targeting African migrants will be launched in six weeks, Interior Minister Eli Yishai announced Wednesday. Yishai’s announcement came after the campaign was granted approval by the Prime Minister’s Office. Yishai said that the campaign is set to be launched on October 15, highlighting his office will grant assistance to any migrant…
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Opinion Israel Confronts Strangers In Its Midst
What shall be done about the large number of non-citizens that dwell in Israel? This question is no longer merely vexing, it is urgent, inflammatory, sometimes violent, often vulgar. The ger has a long and detailed history in Jewish texts and thought. Its conventional translation is “stranger,” but you don’t have to search hard to…
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Israel News Deported Africans Face Struggle at Home
For Benjamin Churi Kariyam, it’s no secret why he’s languishing in a crumbling transit camp outside the South Sudanese capital of Juba instead of working in Tel Aviv. Like scores of other African immigrants just deported, Kariyam blames what he calls the racism of Israeli government for his plight. “This is the reason why we…
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News Israel Plans Softer Policy to Africans
Even as a high-profile round-up targets illegal African immigrants, the Israeli government may be laying the groundwork for a softer policy toward the estimated 60,000 undocumented newcomers whom lawmakers have branded “infiltrators” and a “cancer.” Independent human rights groups and academic experts say the government knows it cannot deport the vast majority of immigrants because…
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