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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Darfur

Eritrean asylum seekers volunteer at the Civilian Operations Hub, Expo Tel Aviv, October 19, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
October 26, 2023, 5:14 pm
With memories of atrocities in Africa still vivid, asylum seekers are helping Israel
‘Our country is bleeding, and we are standing with it,’ says Brhane Negasi, who experienced Islamist terror in the Sinai Desert; ‘Hamas is even worse than they were,’ he insists
By Sue Surkes
Miliatry armoured vehicle on a street in the West Darfur state capital El Geneina, amid ongoing fighting between two generals in war-torn Sudan, June 16, 2023. (AFP)
July 11, 2023, 8:58 pm
Human Rights Watch demands ICC probe into alleged recent Darfur atrocities
Dozens of non-Arab tribesmen reportedly killed by Arab Sudanese militias as violence becomes ‘increasingly ethnic’
By Samy Magdy
File: People prepare food in a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, on June 16, 2023. (AP Photo)
June 19, 2023, 6:35 pm
UN urges international donors to help tackle ‘death and destruction’ in Sudan
Envoys from the Middle East and Europe meet to raise funds for country rocked by fighting, as UN says it only received 16% of needed funds since war broke out in April
By Agencies
This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 28, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising over Khartoum. (AFPTV/AFP)
April 29, 2023, 2:21 pm
Khartoum airstrikes, artillery fire as Sudan fighting enters 3rd week despite truce
At least 512 people confirmed dead and 4,193 wounded, with actual numbers feared to be far higher; UN says situation in Darfur ‘alarming’
By AFP
In this June 22, 2019 file photo, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council sits on his vehicle surrounded by soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit during a military-backed tribal rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan. (AP/Hussein Malla)
December 1, 2022, 10:36 am
Report: Ex-army officer’s spy firm sent phone hacking tools to Sudanese militia
Investigative report finds private jet linked to Tal Dilian and his Intellexa company delivered powerful surveillance equipment to notorious Rapid Support Forces
By Michael Horovitz
In this Wednesday, January 17, 2018 file photo, Eritrean migrants wear chains to mimic slaves at a demonstration against the Israeli government's plan to forcibly deport African refugees and asylum seekers from Israel to Uganda and Rwanda, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem. (AP/Oded Balilty)
September 5, 2021, 6:01 am
Offered little hope, African migrants despair of Israel as a refuge
Unable to deport asylum seekers, Israel has instead left them in limbo with few rights; the new government has signaled it has no plans to change those policies anytime soon
By Sue Surkes
In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 file photo skulls of Ovaherero and Nama people are displayed during a devotion attended by representatives of the tribes from Namibia in Berlin, Germany. Germany has reached an agreement with Namibia that will see it officially recognize as genocide the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands of people and commit to spending a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), largely on development projects. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
May 29, 2021, 9:10 am
Namibia: The first in a dark century of massacres
1948 UN convention says genocide is ‘act committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group’; many massacres still not recognized
By AFP
South Sudanese refugees protest against the Israeli immigration policy on June 10 (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
April 25, 2021, 6:37 pm
High Court orders state to consider Darfur asylum requests by end of year
Judges say that if government fails to mull applications, thousands of refugees who fled genocide must be granted temporary residency
By ToI Staff
Residents dig a mass grave for victims of an attack that left over 60 dead in the village of Masteri in west Darfur, Sudan, July 27, 2020. (Mustafa Younes via AP)
November 2, 2020, 6:37 pm
US seeks ending of Sudan sanctions over Darfur, citing human rights improvements
Pompeo says consultations with UN have already begun to identify circumstances for removing measures ‘at the earliest opportunity’
By AFP
File: Sudanese and Eritrean refugees in South Tel Aviv in 2011 (Nicky Kelvin/Flash90)
October 27, 2020, 3:22 am
Israel, Sudan discuss draft proposal for repatriating Sudanese refugees – report
Jerusalem looking at offering those willing to return home guarantees of safety, vocational training and a generous grant, according to Channel 12
By ToI Staff
Alteyb Hhmad. a Sudanese asylum seeker, in Tel Aviv on October 25, 2020 (Simona Weinglass/Times of Israel)
October 26, 2020, 6:49 pm
In Tel Aviv, Sudanese migrants say Israel making peace with a rotten regime
Asylum seekers question why Netanyahu would normalize ties with transitional leaders considered illegitimate by pro-democracy Sudanese
By Simona Weinglass
African asylum seekers seen during a protest outside the Ministry of Interior in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 11 2014. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
August 19, 2020, 3:14 pm
Minister says Sudan deal to include sending back asylum seekers
Citing recent violence in the Darfur region, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants claims repatriation would endanger Sudanese refugees in Israel
By Sam Sokol
African asylum seekers protest against their deportation of asylum during a demonstration at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, March 24, 2018. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
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
By JTA
March 26, 2018, 10:23 am
Israel set to recognize hundreds of Sudanese as refugees — report
State tells High Court any decision to grant status to migrants who fled Darfur genocide will also apply to victims of ethnic cleansing in Nuba mountains
By ToI Staff
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir speaks in New Delhi, India, October 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
January 30, 2018, 11:38 am
UN chief meets with Sudan’s president, who is accused of genocide
Guterres’ spokesman insists parley with Omar al-Bashir justified by ‘operational necessity’ of coordinating UN efforts in Darfur and elsewhere
By Edith M. Lederer
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