Refugees in israel

Decapitated mannequins placed at houses of judges, Tel Aviv mayor, in protest of illegal immigrants

The mannequins also had messages expressing discontent with the current state of illegal immigrants in Israel, claiming that they are the cause of a rise in violent crime rates.

Protests against illegal immigration in Tel Aviv.
 A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA following an Israeli raid in Gaza City, on July 12, 2024.

UNRWA operations in east Jerusalem set to end, concerns continue

 Posing outside the Dan Jerusalem Hotel (L-R): Herzl Shriki and his daughter Tamar, Shelly Dadia, Leah and Marc Hersch, Shalom Chayut, and Yosef Tzarfati.

Home Sweet (not) Home: The displaced residents of northern Israel

 Northern Israelis, evacuated from their homes following the war, protesting demanding the government to return them to their homes, in central Jerusalem, May 16, 2024

'Government is destroying the North': Local leaders say citizens will leave without solution


State waffles before court on Uganda deportation deal

Representatives dodge questions as to whether there’s an agreement, admit 1,749 expelled there since 2015.

African migrants painted in white hold signs during a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport part of their community, in front of the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel February 7, 2018

Netanyahu’s leadership: An autopsy

The Netanyahu who this week zigzagged the way one may when chased by a crocodile, is the same one who reversed his own government’s decision to accommodate non-Orthodox prayers at the Western Wall.

An African migrant sits on the street in Tel Aviv, Israel January 31, 2018.

How the economy could benefit from staving off deportations

African asylum seekers line up to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

Jewish leaders caught off-guard by Netanyahu's switch on migrant deal

"[Passover] its not only a holiday that celebrates freedom of Jews from slavery but also recognition that Jews were refugees from Egypt seeking a better home in Israel.”

African asylum seekers wait to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

African migrants cautiously optimistic about U.N.-Israel agreement

We pray it will work out, but what we’re told today could change tomorrow.

A boy takes part in a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport African migrants, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 24, 2018.

Jewish American identity

As Jewish Americans, we should feel obligated to speak out on behalf of the Dreamers and African refugees, and others.

An American Jew wearing a kippa embroidered with the US and Israeli flags attends a Hanukka reception at the White House last year

Testimonial: Don’t shut the door in the faces of asylum seekers like me

How can the Jewish people forget the meaning of the word “refugee?"

Asylum seekers protest against the deportation in south Tel Aviv

Settler leader: Don’t deport African asylum seekers

Chief Rabbi of Ofra calls for ethical, human treatment of those seeking shelter.

African migrants painted in white hold signs during a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport part of their community, in front of the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel February 7, 2018

High Court temporarily freezes African migrant deportations

It appears that the current freeze may only be for the next couple weeks and that the court intends on issuing a final decision before April 1.

African migrants take part in a protest against Israel's detention policy toward them

The Fifth Column: Incitement is coming in droves

Dangerous times are ahead and it is our duty as a society to stand up for those most in peril.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu