January 7, 2014
1:56 pm

African asylum seekers hold up a sign that reads, 'We are not animals' during a protest outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, on Monday (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

A migrant migraine

After two days of protests and months of peace talks, Netanyahu says Africans are not refugees and that demonstrations won’t help

By Ilan Ben Zion

January 7, 2014
1:17 pm

Migrants protesting in Tel Aviv Monday. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Protests renewed as migrants prepare for march on Jerusalem

Thousands gather in Tel Aviv’s Levinsky Park while detained asylum seekers maintain hunger strike

By Spencer Ho and Times of Israel staff

January 7, 2014
12:18 am

African migrants take protest to Tel Aviv beach

On Day 2 of a three-day strike, thousands of men, mostly Eritreans, march onto the city’s famed boardwalk, stopping in front of the US Embassy

By Ben Sales

January 6, 2014
10:53 pm

African asylum seekers protest outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv on Monday. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

As strikes and protests escalate, Israel tries to reclaim narrative on migrants

Israel notes it is only developed country with African land border, says tens of millions could head this way if it doesn’t stand firm

By Marissa Newman

January 6, 2014
4:45 pm

Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar in the Knesset, December 23, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)

Interior minister, restaurateurs spar over migrants

African laborers have been on strike since Sunday to protest the government’s policy of denying them refugee status

By Marissa Newman

January 6, 2014
9:10 am

African asylum seekers marching along Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, Monday, January 6, 2014. (photo credit: The Times of Israel / Hannah Fink)

Migrants march on embassies in second day of protests

Asylum seekers call on US, UN, EU and other diplomatic offices to pressure Israel to soften refugee policies

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 5, 2014
10:17 pm

Thousands of asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan protest the Israeli government's neglect to review asylum requests, and the state's detention policies, at a demonstration held at Rabin Square, central Tel Aviv, on January 5, 2013. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

UN backs asylum seekers, but Netanyahu says rallies won’t help cause

Following large-scale protest, PM pledges to continue efforts to remove ‘infiltrators’; UNHCR blasts Israeli policies

By Marissa Newman and Times of Israel staff

January 5, 2014
11:01 am

Asylum seekers in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, Sunday, January 5, 2014. (photo credit: MK Dov Khenin/Facebook)

30,000 African migrants hold silent march, rally in Tel Aviv

Asylum seekers open work strike, protest government moves to encourage them to leave the country

By Times of Israel staff

January 5, 2014
4:57 am

Thousands of African asylum seekers participate in a meeting at the Levinsky Park, Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday night, January 4, 2014. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

African migrants to stage protest strike

Asylum seekers have been protesting their detention, government moves to encourage them to leave the country

By Times of Israel staff

January 3, 2014
10:02 pm

Outside of the Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv (photo credit: Zuzana Janku/Flash90/File)

Man stabs Eritrean toddler in south Tel Aviv

Victim rushed to the hospital in serious condition; police capture alleged attacker, who is drunk and likely mentally ill

By Yoel Goldman

December 28, 2013
9:34 pm

African asylum seekers participate in a protest march in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, December 28, 2013 (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Thousands of African migrants demonstrate in Tel Aviv

‘March for freedom’ against government policy staged for second week in a row

By Times of Israel staff

December 26, 2013
9:46 pm

Migrants from South Sudan gather in Tel Aviv to protest Israeli immigration policy on June 10 (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/FLASH90)

Large upsurge in migrants ‘voluntarily’ leaving Israel

Some 2,000 leave in the course of 2013, encouraged by $3,500 payment

By Times of Israel staff

December 26, 2013
8:34 pm

A page from a court appeal contains a list of serial numbers, representing African migrants who were arrested in a Jerusalem protest last week

Migrants’ ID numbers, not names, presented to court

State appeal lists only prisoner digits of 153 migrants arrested during a protest in Jerusalem last week

By Adiv Sterman

December 26, 2013
3:19 pm

Construction work in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Kiryat Netafim (photo credit: AP/Nasser Ishtayeh/File)

Between construction material and a hard place

As Iron Dome moves down south, the government is set to announce new settlement building after the release of Palestinian prisoners

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 23, 2013
1:53 am

Eritrean ambassador to Israel, Tesfamariam Tekeste participates in a committee discussing the foreign workers state in Israel, June 25 2012. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Eritreans in Israel: Ambassador ordered attack on us

Opposition members counter reports that they invaded meeting Saturday, insisting they came to verbally challenge diplomat

By Lazar Berman

Topic: African migrants

A migrant migraine

After two days of protests and months of peace talks, Netanyahu says Africans are not refugees and that demonstrations won’t help

Protests renewed as migrants prepare for march on Jerusalem

Thousands gather in Tel Aviv’s Levinsky Park while detained asylum seekers maintain hunger strike

African migrants take protest to Tel Aviv beach

On Day 2 of a three-day strike, thousands of men, mostly Eritreans, march onto the city’s famed boardwalk, stopping in front of the US Embassy

As strikes and protests escalate, Israel tries to reclaim narrative on migrants

Israel notes it is only developed country with African land border, says tens of millions could head this way if it doesn’t stand firm

Interior minister, restaurateurs spar over migrants

African laborers have been on strike since Sunday to protest the government’s policy of denying them refugee status

Migrants march on embassies in second day of protests

Asylum seekers call on US, UN, EU and other diplomatic offices to pressure Israel to soften refugee policies

UN backs asylum seekers, but Netanyahu says rallies won’t help cause

Following large-scale protest, PM pledges to continue efforts to remove ‘infiltrators’; UNHCR blasts Israeli policies

30,000 African migrants hold silent march, rally in Tel Aviv

Asylum seekers open work strike, protest government moves to encourage them to leave the country

African migrants to stage protest strike

Asylum seekers have been protesting their detention, government moves to encourage them to leave the country

Man stabs Eritrean toddler in south Tel Aviv

Victim rushed to the hospital in serious condition; police capture alleged attacker, who is drunk and likely mentally ill

Thousands of African migrants demonstrate in Tel Aviv

‘March for freedom’ against government policy staged for second week in a row

Large upsurge in migrants ‘voluntarily’ leaving Israel

Some 2,000 leave in the course of 2013, encouraged by $3,500 payment

Migrants’ ID numbers, not names, presented to court

State appeal lists only prisoner digits of 153 migrants arrested during a protest in Jerusalem last week

Between construction material and a hard place

As Iron Dome moves down south, the government is set to announce new settlement building after the release of Palestinian prisoners

Eritreans in Israel: Ambassador ordered attack on us

Opposition members counter reports that they invaded meeting Saturday, insisting they came to verbally challenge diplomat

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