January 9, 2014
4:01 pm

Thousands of African migrants demonstrate outside the Knesset on January 8, 2014. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Migrants, matriculation and military sales

Africans pose an existential threat to Jewish state, according to Maariv; Israel sells arms to dictators, Haaretz finds

By Ilan Ben Zion

January 9, 2014
3:43 pm

African migrants gather during a protest in Levinsky Park in Tel Aviv, on January 07, 2014. (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

Migrants mass in Tel Aviv demanding refugee status

Thousands of Africans from Sudan and Eritrea pursue their campaign for better treatment by the government

By Stuart Winer

January 8, 2014
9:10 pm

Israel firm in refusing protesters’ demand for refugee status

Rebuffed by PM after mass demo at Knesset, asylum-seekers plan more rallies, UN appeals; author Grossman ‘ashamed’ at policy; Speaker bars leaders from parliament

By Spencer Ho

January 8, 2014
8:53 pm

Thank you for marching

Regardless of their legal status, migrants make a moral claim to be seen and treated with compassion and justice

By Donniel Hartman

January 8, 2014
2:31 pm

African migrants hold posters and one holds an Eritrean flag during a protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. Thousands of African migrants demanded to be recognized as refugees in the protest, part of a series of events showing the migrants’ growing frustration with their fate in Israel. Police said more than 10,000 migrants rallied outside the Knesset, with hundreds more continuing to stream in to Jerusalem from around the country. The migrants have staged two other mass protests in Tel Aviv where they have demanded the right to work and better treatment from the Israeli government. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

10,000 African migrants stage demonstration in Jerusalem

Knesset speaker nixes meeting between protest leaders and MKs; Peres: We’ll act morally; round them up and deport them, says ex-interior minister

By Spencer Ho

January 8, 2014
6:13 am

African protesters and supporters gather at Tel Aviv's Levinsky Park on Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

Outlook bleak for African migrants in Israel

Not one Sudanese or Eritrean national has been granted refugee status by the Israeli government, says activist

By David Mac Dougall and Josef Federman

January 7, 2014
9:44 pm

African asylum seekers at a meeting in Levinsky Park, south Tel Aviv, January 7, 2014, to discuss ongoing protests in support of their refugee claims. (Photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Doing the migrants a disservice

Drawing masses of African asylum-seekers to demonstrate in central Tel Aviv or march to Jerusalem is not going to help their cause

By David Horovitz

January 7, 2014
3:57 pm

Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: Nicky Kelvin/Flash90)

Dozens of migrants to leave Israel voluntarily for Sweden

In a first, the Scandinavian country has accepted asylum-seekers from Israel

By Spencer Ho

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

Topic: African migrants

Migrants, matriculation and military sales

Africans pose an existential threat to Jewish state, according to Maariv; Israel sells arms to dictators, Haaretz finds

Migrants mass in Tel Aviv demanding refugee status

Thousands of Africans from Sudan and Eritrea pursue their campaign for better treatment by the government

Israel firm in refusing protesters’ demand for refugee status

Rebuffed by PM after mass demo at Knesset, asylum-seekers plan more rallies, UN appeals; author Grossman ‘ashamed’ at policy; Speaker bars leaders from parliament

Thank you for marching

Regardless of their legal status, migrants make a moral claim to be seen and treated with compassion and justice

10,000 African migrants stage demonstration in Jerusalem

Knesset speaker nixes meeting between protest leaders and MKs; Peres: We’ll act morally; round them up and deport them, says ex-interior minister

Outlook bleak for African migrants in Israel

Not one Sudanese or Eritrean national has been granted refugee status by the Israeli government, says activist

Doing the migrants a disservice

Drawing masses of African asylum-seekers to demonstrate in central Tel Aviv or march to Jerusalem is not going to help their cause

Dozens of migrants to leave Israel voluntarily for Sweden

In a first, the Scandinavian country has accepted asylum-seekers from Israel

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

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