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African asylum seekers and human rights activists protest against deportation in front of the Rwandan Embassy, Herzeliya, January 22, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel’s secret deportation plan faces biggest challenge yet

A petition on behalf of 119 human rights activists to Israel’s High Court of Justice is the most serious challenge yet to the Israeli government’s plan to deport tens of thousands of asylum seekers. The Israeli government’s plan to deport tens of thousands of African asylum seekers may face its most serious hurdle as the…

By Joshua Leifer March 13, 2018

Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Tzai Hanegbi, a close ally of Prime Minister Netanyahu, cropped, December 28, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool/Flash90)

Senior Israeli gov’t minister warns Palestinians of ‘third Nakba’

Tzachi Hanegbi, a close ally of Netanyahu, threatens Palestinians with ethnic cleansing in response to the latest round of violence. A senior minister in the Israeli government and a close ally of Prime Minister Netanyahu warned the Palestinian people over the weekend of mass expulsion and ethnic cleansing if they don’t put an end to the…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 24, 2017