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Israel’s new tactic for forcing out African refugees — dock their wages
A new law compels African asylum seekers to deposit a fifth of their wages into a fund they can only access if they leave the country. It’s just the latest in a long line of methods the Israeli government is using to push black asylum seekers out. By Noa Kaufman African asylum seekers in Israel…
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May 12, 2017
Asylum seekers to stay in prison while Israelis hit the polls
Human rights organizations pledge to challenge the latest iteration of the Prevention of Infiltration Law; new poll gives Livni and Labor a chance; Arab parties agree in principle to a joint list; High Court to hear Zoabi’s challenge to Knesset suspension. Before disbanding itself ahead of elections, the Knesset on Monday passed its third try…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
December 8, 2014
Lapid and Livni’s last act should be to shut down Holot
Yair Lapid and Tzipi Livni have one last chance to leave a positive legacy: make sure Israel doesn’t continue the administrative detention of African asylum seekers who have committed no crime. There is little doubt that Yair Lapid and Tzipi Livni will be the biggest losers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire them…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
December 2, 2014
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‘A new page in human history’: Darfuri refugee on landmark court ruling
Mutasim Ali is happy but he is not celebrating the landmark court ruling that will set him and thousands of other African asylum seekers free by the end of the year. There is a long, bumpy road ahead, he says, but ‘Israel will be a better place and it is our responsibility to make it so.’…
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September 22, 2014
Selective prosecution: In Israel, not all citizens are created equal
What does it say about a democracy when a law is enforced selectively in order to further a political or personal vendetta against a private citizen? In Israel there is something called the Prevention of Infiltration Law, which prohibits citizens from traveling to a list of so-called “enemy states.” The law is little known and…
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Lisa Goldman
April 17, 2014
The origins and politics of Israel’s refugee debate
An in-depth look at the historical and political developments that shaped Israel’s current African asylum-seeker crisis — and one way to resolve it that meets Israel’s own needs while doing right by those who most need its protection. African asylum seekers in Israel have brought their struggle into the limelight in recent weeks. Through acts…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
January 28, 2014
Day 2 of African asylum seeker protest: What do they want?
African asylum seekers are holding their second of a three-day national protest. On Monday, thousands of asylum seekers, most of whom are employed by hotels and restaurants, went on strike and held large rallies in front of Western and African embassies. The protesters are calling on the international community to make sure Israel respects its commitments under…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 6, 2014
African asylum seekers strike to demand rights, hold unprecedented rally in Tel Aviv
In an unprecedented protest, some 20,000 African asylum seekers march to Rabin Square to demand that Israel examine their asylum claims and stop arresting and detaining members of the refugee community. Over 20,000 asylum seekers, mostly from Eritrea, assembled in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square Sunday morning to demand recognition as refugees. Across Israel, asylum seekers…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 5, 2014
PHOTOS: Thousands of asylum seekers hold ‘silent march’ on streets of Tel Aviv
Photos by Activestills, text by Haggai Matar Over 6,000 African asylum seekers and Israeli activists hit the streets of Tel Aviv for a silent march to protest Israel’s immigration policies Saturday night. The protesters called for the release of all refugees imprisoned under the revised “anti-Infiltration Law,” which permits indefinite detention in an “open” facility, and…
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Activestills
December 28, 2013
In act of civil disobedience, 150 Sudanese refugees walk out of Israeli ‘open prison’
The 150 men walk six hours through the Negev desert in bid to reach Jerusalem, are currently in Be’er Sheva and rebuffing authorities’ offer to bus them back to the ‘Holot’ open prison facility that opened late last week. Text by Michael Omer-Man Photos by Yotam Ronen, Oren Ziv, Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills.org Roughly 150 Sudanese asylum…
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Activestills
December 15, 2013
Allow me to rain on the Prawer parade
So the Israeli government is scrapping the Prawer Bill. Please allow me to rain on the parade. A few months ago many on the Left celebrated when the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a law allowing the indefinite detention of asylum seekers. This week, circumventing the court’s decision, the government passed a new law allowing the…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
December 12, 2013
Knesset passes revised law for detention of African asylum seekers
The previous law was struck down by the High Court, which ordered the state to begin releasing the asylum seekers it was indefinitely detaining. Instead, the Knesset passed a law to circumvent the ruling and indefinitely detain asylum seekers in ‘open prisons.’ By Elizabeth Tsurkov After a passionate debate and a filibuster by opposition members of…
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December 10, 2013
A year in review: Anti-African racism and asylum seekers in Israel
While most Israelis were focused on the latest war on Gaza or the last election, verbal incitement, physical attacks, incarceration without trial and forced deportation of Africans continued unabated. A timeline of Israel’s war on African asylum-seekers between November 2012 and May 2013. By David Sheen Last Thursday, May 23, 2013, marked exactly one year to…
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May 29, 2013
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