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African migrants
Op-ed
A plea to the PM: Re-adopt the deal you hailed then rejected
How Netanyahu turned victory into all-around defeat in African migrant crisis
David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu solved Israel's African asylum-seeker crisis. Twice over. And yet it is now utterly unresolved -- with negative consequences for the migrants themselves, for the veteran residents of south Tel Aviv where most of the Africans live, for Israel's moral choices and its reputation, for the well-being of the Supreme Court, and even for the standing of Netanyahu himself, who has managed to snatch defeat in every aspect of the crisis...
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March 27, 2018, 11:53 pm
Israel delays deportation of African migrants until after Passover
High Court agrees to a government request for more time in presenting state policies on removing thousands of asylum-seekers from the country
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JTA
March 26, 2018, 1:36 pm
Israel’s Passover responsibility
Most Israelis are united in their desire to treat those who have nowhere to go with basic human decency
By
Naomi Chazan
March 24, 2018, 8:55 pm
Over 20,000 rally in Tel Aviv in support of asylum seekers
Protest takes place ahead of court deadline this week for government decision on deportation plan; minister says job migrants will be sent away, kids and war refugees can stay
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TOI staff
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Luke Tress
March 24, 2018, 8:23 pm
Anti-deportation activists report increasingly violent, threatening messages
Organizers of Saturday night rally in Tel Aviv against deportation of African asylum seekers see sharp uptick in verbal attacks and death threats on social media
By
TOI staff
March 20, 2018, 5:42 pm
Netanyahu says ‘flood’ of African migrants worse than Sinai terrorists
Prime minister says border wall only thing keeping vast numbers of illegal migrants out of country
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TOI staff
March 15, 2018, 7:30 pm
High court temporarily halts deportation of African migrants
Court gives the government, which suspended the controversial plan Wednesday in advance of ruling, until March 26 to respond to petition
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TOI staff
March 14, 2018, 6:14 pm
Israel is 11th happiest nation in the world; US slides to 18th
Jewish state maintains its high ranking on list of 156 countries for fifth successive year, but gets less praise for attitude to migrants; Finland tops list, PA is at 104
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TOI staff
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AP
March 14, 2018, 11:35 am
Reimagining Holot detention center
Turn it into a training center and improve the lot of migrants, their countries of origin, and Israel's role in this crisis
By
Yosef Gotlieb
March 4, 2018, 2:53 pm
A win-win approach to asylum seekers
Here's what rechanneling funds into improving South Tel Aviv and training African migrants would accomplish
By
Sheldon Gellar
February 27, 2018, 8:35 pm
Jewish Agency urges Israel to grant asylum to 500 young African migrants
'These youngsters speak fluent Hebrew, are imbued with Israeli culture and are loyal to the State of Israel'
By
TOI staff
February 27, 2018, 7:32 pm
Congressional Black Caucus to urge Israel to end plans to deport migrants
Draft letter circulating among members calls on Jewish state to funnel Africans through existing international refugee processing systems
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JTA
February 23, 2018, 12:57 am
Former justice slams government treatment of African migrants
Elyakim Rubinstein 'struggles to understand' how only 12 asylum requests approved; hundreds of migrants go on hunger strike over deportation plan
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Michael Bachner
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AFP
February 20, 2018, 5:28 am
Canada voices concern to Israel over migrant expulsion
Canada, which takes in more African refugees from Israel than any other nation, says it is in touch with Jerusalem over plan to send the asylum seekers to a third country
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AFP
February 15, 2018, 3:49 pm
Court rules Eritrean draft dodgers eligible for asylum in Israel
As thousands await deportation, precedent-setting decision rules deserters in African country face 'well-founded fear of persecution' and should receive refugee status
By
Dov Lieber
February 9, 2018, 9:21 pm
Rwanda refuses to discuss migrants with visiting Israeli lawmakers
Opposition MKs Michal Rozin and Mossi Raz turned away by Kigali officials who say they won't be a 'playground' for internal Israeli politics
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AFP
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