Israel welcomed some 19,200 new immigrants in 2013, with French Jews leading the way. The number of new immigrants in 2013 was a modest increase from the 18, 940 who arrived in 2012, the Jewish Agency for Israel said in a statement. The year 2013 saw a 7 percent increase in aliyah from most countries,…
Hundreds of African migrants gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem protesting Israel’s policy of detaining asylum seekers were put on buses back to a detention facility. The protesters, holding signs reading “I didn’t choose to be a refugee,” “we are in danger, not dangerous” and “you were strangers in the land of Egypt,”…
Two groups — one Jewish and one Muslim — are calling on their supporters to fast in support of undocumented immigrants in the United States. Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice and the Muslim Public Affairs Council are advocating a fast on Dec. 6 to show members of Congress their support for reform…
Israel’s Cabinet allocated nearly $124 million to a plan designed to have illegal African migrants return to their countries of origin. Most of the money allocated from the plan approved unanimously on Sunday will go toward building a new migrant detention center in southern Israel and paying migrants who agree to leave the country up…
The Israeli government plans to offer $5,000 to any African migrant who agrees to leave the country voluntarily and promises not to return. This is more than triple the $1,500 it has offered departing migrants until now. Over the past few months, hundreds of migrants, mainly from Eritrea and Sudan, have accepted the previous offer,…
It’s déjà vu all over again for the French, with memories of the past washing up against experiences in the present. Tragically, an innocent teenage girl named Leonarda Dibrani has served as the spark for the most recent episode of this recurring national trauma. Two weeks ago, the French police stopped a bus taking Leonarda…
Two Orthodox groups that aid disabled children are downplaying their ties to a prominent undocumented immigration activist who has been accused of downloading child pornography. Roy Naim was accused on September 18 in federal court in Brooklyn with admitting to agents during a search of his house that he had child pornography on his laptop….
Roy Naim, a leading Jewish activist for immigration reform, was arrested on child pornography charges. Naim, 29, pleaded not guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn to charges of receiving child pornography, CNN reported. The Brooklyn resident, who immigrated to the United States with his family from Israel at 3, was one of…
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