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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Muslim refugees

HIAS Greece translator Jalal Barezkai (R) works with a Syrian refugee in an encampment just outside the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, May 9, 2018. Barezkai is a former refugee from Afghanistan. (Bill Swersey/HIAS via JTA)
September 28, 2019, 1:10 pm
HIAS opens Brussels office to bring Jews and non-Jewish asylum seekers together
Official says interaction is best way to allay fears of anti-Semitism: ‘There’s a lot of misinformation about refugees, the threat they pose and the benefits they bring’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jakob, 9, prepares purple icing to decorate Christmas cookies for a soup kitchen at Mitzvah Day at the Dueppel Youth Center in Berlin, November 18, 2018. (Toby Axelrod/ Times of Israel)
November 23, 2018, 2:52 am
German Jewish and Muslim children celebrate Mitzvah Day by baking Xmas cookies
A sweet interfaith event centered around good deeds brings communities together in a country where many blame changing demographics for increased tension
By Toby Axelrod
Illustrative: Muslim asylum seekers wait for their registration after arriving at a center for refugees in Giessen, Germany, on December 2, 2015 (AFP/DPA/Boris Roessler)
December 14, 2017, 10:05 pm
Anti-Semitism rampant among Muslim refugees in Germany — study
While refugees from persecuted minorities tend to oppose anti-Semitism, many Muslims come with conspiracy theories about Jews and Israel controlling world
By JTA
Karl Lagerfeld (YouTube screenshot)
November 14, 2017, 5:38 am
Citing Holocaust, Karl Lagerfeld says Germany is taking in Jews’ worst enemies
‘You cannot kill millions of Jews, then take in millions of their worst enemies afterwards,’ fashion designer tells French talk show, eliciting hundreds of complaints
By ToI Staff
George van Bergen
March 26, 2017, 3:37 pm
George van Bergen
Geert Wilders was not defeated
The far-right Dutch pol lost in recent elections, but his populism will triumph if migrant-related woes persist
About 700 people attended a New York City rally in support of refugees organized by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, February 12, 2017. (JTA/Josefin Dolsten)
February 13, 2017, 9:59 pm
‘We were once strangers too’: Jews rally across US in support of refugees
Citing world’s failure to save Jews during the Holocaust, hundreds of New Yorkers brave icy weather to ‘pay it forward’
By Josefin Dolsten
Protesters gather at the international arrivals area of Dulles International Airport on January 28, 2017, in Sterling, Virginia.(AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDS)
February 2, 2017, 3:56 pm
Why Trump’s order isn’t a #MuslimBan and why that matters
Op-Ed: The entry ban sent a message to countries deemed a threat to the US — it also trampled core American values
By Emily B. Landau and Guy Landau
Former president Barack Obama waves as he boards a Marine helicopter on the East Front of the Capitol, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington, after Donald Trump was inaugurated. (AP/Evan Vucci)
January 31, 2017, 12:58 am
Obama praises anti-Trump protesters across US
Former president ‘heartened’ by public’s activism, says ban on Muslims ‘not American’
By Josh Lederman
US Senator Chuck Schumer (2nd right) stands with recently resettled refugees, to push for an overturn of US President Trump's executive order temporarily banning immigration to the United States for refugees and some Muslim travelers, at a press conference January 29, 2017 in New York. (AFP/ Bryan R. Smith)
January 30, 2017, 5:33 pm
Top Democrat pushes vote on repealing Trump’s travel ban
As 11 GOP senators object to controversial executive order, Schumer and Feinstein to introduce a bill that would rescind it
By Eric Cortellessa
Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, November 2015, (CC BY-SA Karolina Siemion-Bielska, Wikimedia commons)
January 30, 2017, 12:54 pm
Polish FM says Trump has the right to ban immigrants
Witold Waszczykowski, whose party opposes entry of Muslim refugees, says ‘no state has the duty to accept immigrants’
By AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) arrives to chair the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on January 29, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / POOL / ABIR SULTAN)
January 29, 2017, 10:32 pm
All Israeli ministers keep silent on Trump’s Muslim entry curbs
Meretz and Joint List party chairs are the only political leaders to comment on order closing US to citizens of 7 countries
By Raoul Wootliff
Forty protesters outside the American Embassy in Tel Aviv protested President Donald Trump‘s policies towards Muslims and refugees on January 29, 2017. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
January 29, 2017, 10:27 pm
At Tel Aviv protest, activists hear echoes of Israeli policy in Trump’s refugee ban
Small crowd of mostly left-wing activists and US immigrants gathers with a handful of asylum seekers to voice indignation
By Melanie Lidman
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani arrives at the Trump Tower for meetings with US President-elect Donald Trump, in New York on November 17, 2016. (AFP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
January 29, 2017, 2:33 pm
Trump originally asked for ‘Muslim ban’ says Giuliani
Ex-NYC mayor and White House aide says US president sought legal avenues to ban people from ‘dangerous’ Muslim-majority countries
By AFP
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (R) holds a joint press conference with his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel in Paris on January 28, 2017. ( AFP PHOTO / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT)
January 28, 2017, 3:06 pm
France, Germany ‘concerned’ over Trump decisions
European foreign ministers discuss new US president at length; highlight ban on refugees, but also ‘a lot of other issues’
By AFP
US actress and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie talking to a young Syrian refugee on February 23, 2014 at a refugee camp near the Lebanese village of Zahle in the Bekaa valley (photo credit: AFP PHOTO /HO /UNHCR/A.MCCONEEL)
January 28, 2017, 12:39 pm
UN urges US to continue ‘long tradition’ of welcoming refugees
After president suspends refugee arrivals and entry from 7 Muslim countries, international agencies urge him not to end vital resettlement programs
By AFP
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