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Israeli tourists visit the tower at Entebbe Airport where hostages were held captive in 1976, on February 14, 2019 (Screen grab via NTV)
February 15, 2019, 4:38 pm
Israel brings tourists to Entebbe for first time since legendary hostage rescue
Captain says he remembers hearing the news of 1976 raid when he was a 10-year-old, never believed he would fly to same Ugandan airport
By TOI staff
Gershom Sizomu, religious leader of the Abayudaya, in 2003. (Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)
August 20, 2018, 4:30 pm
Uganda Jews head to 1st Birthright trip, part-funded by gov’t that rejects them
Many of the nearly 40 Abayudaya set to arrive Tuesday have never been to Israel before; Interior Ministry says the 2,000-strong community isn’t Jewish, but Jewish Agency says it is
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative: A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near Safed, August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
July 24, 2018, 8:26 pm
Report in Uganda casts doubt on Israeli firm’s cannabis farm plans
Ugandan Investment Authority and the local police tell the nation’s New Vision daily they don’t know of any cannabis farm plans, which would be frowned upon
By Shoshanna Solomon
The David's Sling missile defense battery, which represents the middle tier of Israel's multi-layered anti-missile capabilities. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
July 24, 2018, 3:02 pm
Trial by failure: 8 things to know for July 24
David’s Sling misses some Goliath missiles, raising questions; a politician has answers for a stone falling from the Western Wall; and an aid offer is not all Greek to one minister
By Joshua Davidovich
Cannabis plant. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
July 16, 2018, 2:31 pm
Israeli firm Together orders cannabis seeds for Uganda farm, sees sales in 2019
Seeds to come from supplier in the Netherlands; produce to be marketed to Canadian company
By Shoshanna Solomon
Shoshanna Nambi, a rabbinical student from Uganda. (Courtesy of Nambi)
June 27, 2018, 7:40 am
This woman is studying to be the first female rabbi from Uganda
Though Israel doesn’t recognize her as Jewish, Shoshanna Nambi will attend HUC course in Jerusalem and wants to teach colleagues about Ugandan Jewish traditions
By Josefin Dolsten
African asylum seekers leaving the Saharonim prison in southern Israel where they had been imprisoned due to their refusal to leave the country, April 15, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 16, 2018, 3:41 pm
Government tells High Court it has no migrant deal with Uganda
PM’s envoy to Kampala returns to Israel without agreement, as Israel releases some 200 asylum seekers from Saharonim prison
By TOI staff
Hundreds of asylum seekers demonstrate in Levinsky Park in south Tel Aviv against the deportation deal with Uganda on April 8, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
April 15, 2018, 11:26 pm
PM’s envoy to Uganda to return to Israel, apparently without deal on migrants
Unnamed emissary, a former senior figure in the Shin Bet, spent 11 days in reportedly fruitless negotiations
By TOI staff
African asylum seekers leaving the Saharonim prison in southern Israel where they had been imprisoned due to their refusal to leave the country, April 15, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 15, 2018, 9:43 pm
Israel frees 207 African migrants from detention, as deportation talks persist
Court orders release of asylum seekers imprisoned in Saharonim prison, after they refused to leave Israel voluntarily
By JTA and TOI staff
African migrants gather during a protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 26, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 15, 2018, 1:46 pm
Israel to free 200 African migrants from detention as deportation talks persist
Amid ongoing negotiations with Uganda, state informs High Court that asylum seekers held in Saharonim facility will be released on Sunday
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Uganda State Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees Musa Ecweru. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 13, 2018, 2:44 pm
Uganda ‘positively considering’ accepting 500 African migrants from Israel
In first acknowledgement of negotiations with Jerusalem, senior minister denies his country receives money to take refugees
By TOI staff
Hundreds of asylum seekers demonstrate in Levinsky Park in south Tel Aviv against the deportation deal with Uganda on April 8, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
April 13, 2018, 10:45 am
Israel issuing ‘fake’ visas to migrants deported to Uganda — report
Document granted at Ben Gurion Airport say it permits entry to African country, but Entebbe reportedly says it is ‘a complete fraud’
By TOI staff
African migrants gather during a protest outside the Knesset in the Rose Garden in Jerusalem on January 26, 2017. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)
April 5, 2018, 1:56 pm
Israel says ‘highly probable’ African migrants will be deported to Uganda
In documents submitted to court, state says special envoy has reported back that deal is possible, though more time needed to hammer out details
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press in his Jerusalem office on April 2, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
April 5, 2018, 3:40 am
Why Netanyahu is blaming New Israel Fund for Israel’s migrant crisis
Left-leaning organization has been attacked by right-wing Israelis for years over sponsorship of groups critical of Israel
By Ron Kampeas
Detained African migrants standing outside the Holot detention center, located in Israel's southern Negev desert near the Egyptian border, February 4, 2018. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP)
April 5, 2018, 12:38 am
Baffled Rwanda denies Netanyahu claim that NIF pushed it to scrap migrant deal
Olivier Nduhungirehe says his government not at all familiar with the Israeli NGO, adds that suggesting a foreign organization could sway his nation’s policies was preposterous
By TOI staff
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