At least three pilots from the Israeli national airline El Al are publicly refusing to participate in the Israeli government’s planned mass deportation of thousands of African asylum-seekers, who claim to be refugees but whom the Israeli government classifies as illegal economic migrants. The move is largely symbolic, as El Al does not fly to…
A version of this article originally appeared on 972mag.com. As a social worker in south Tel Aviv working with African asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan, I have seen my fair share of racism and opposition from Israeli politicians and residents in these neighborhoods. Let’s be clear on one thing, south Tel Aviv is not…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Yikealo Beyene’s story is — up to a point — perfect feel-good fodder for a Saturday morning talk at synagogue. As a refugee from Eritrea, he read Anne Frank’s diary in his native tongue and translated it, teaching the tale to kids in an Ethiopian refugee camp. He sought out Israel for…
(JTA) — A federal judge in Seattle has partially lifted the latest Trump administration ban on refugees. U.S. District Judge James Robart of the federal court in Seattle on Saturday ruled that the federal government must process refugee applications for people “with a bona fide relationship to a person or entity within the United States.” The…
(JTA) — A federal court in Seattle will hear an argument brought by Jewish groups challenging the latest Trump administration ban on refugees. One of the two challenges being heard, Jewish Family Service v. Trump, has been brought by HIAS, the Jewish immigration advocacy group, on behalf of its partners, Jewish Family Service of Seattle and Jewish…
(JTA) — HIAS, the Jewish refugee aid agency, will be closing resettlement programs in several cities due to a sharp reduction in the total number of refugees let into the country in the next fiscal year. The group’s Chicago chapter announced in an email Friday that it would be shuttering its refugee resettlement program. The…
BERLIN (JTA) — Anti-Semitism among Muslim refugees is rampant and requires urgent attention, a new study suggests. But the study commissioned by the American Jewish Committee’s Ramer Institute for German-Jewish Relations in Berlin also suggests that refugees from persecuted minority communities are more likely to take a stand against anti-Semitism and for Israel. Titled “Attitudes…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of U.S. Jewish groups urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt plans to deport tens of thousands of African refugees, offering to assist in their care. “We are concerned that if you move forward with these plans the lives of thousands of individuals will be put in jeopardy, and…
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