Category: Refugees
Posted on March 2, 2011 by Bedlam Beggar (Tunisia)
“Unless the world acts, we may be facing an historic human tragedy,” said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheera who arrived at the Tunisia-Libya border yesterday. A mass exodus of refugees has resulted in a humanitarian crisis. Many people are still …
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Posted on January 17, 2011 by Ahmed Zidan (Egypt)
Mideast Youth interviews Seyran Duran, the chairperson of Kurdistan’s Women Federation in Sweden (یهکێتی ژنانی کوردستان له سوید). Ms Seyran is a Kurdish-Swedish who has been living in Sweden as a refugee for most of her life. Kurdistan’s Women Federation …
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Posted on November 22, 2010 by Ben Lynfield
Jerusalem – Israeli refugee rights advocates are gravely concerned over an edict by a group of rabbis to ban the renting of apartments near Tel Aviv to African asylum seekers. The edict has already caused some refugees to be informed …
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Posted on November 14, 2010 by Elizabeth (Israel)
Racism toward African asylum seekers, fueled by politicians and Jewish religious leaders, is reaching new levels in Israel. In several cities Rabbis are urging Jews not to rent apartments to Africans, and African refugees are presented as a national security …
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Posted on October 27, 2010 by Elizabeth (Israel)
The site of Israel’s leading newspaper Yediot Aharonot reported today that Prime Minister Netanyahu is considering offering African leaders millions of dollars in exchange for their acceptance of deported African asylum seekers who have entered Israel. Such a plan was …
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Posted on October 16, 2010 by Elizabeth (Israel)
A new report (Hebrew pdf) by the Israeli parliament’s (Knesset) research center completely debunks the common myth spread by the media and the Israeli government that African asylum seekers increase crime rates. The report, examining crime rates among the African …
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Posted on October 1, 2010 by Elizabeth (Israel)
The public debate raging in Israel today about migrant workers and refugees is full of misleading statistics, slogans and bombastic headlines, which makes it hard to get to the core of the debate. Are migrant workers “taking over” cities across …
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Posted on August 6, 2010 by Elizabeth (Israel)
Israel is the the home of approximately 26,000 Africans who have entered Israel illegally through Egypt. Roughly 80% of these migrants are recognized as asylum seekers by the State, and currently cannot be deported to their countries of origin due …
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Posted on June 30, 2010 by Nissim Dahan
In some circles, “Zionism” has become a dirty word, like some of the other “isms” which have been discarded on the ash heap of bad ideas. In other circles, however, Zionism is held in high esteem, as the redemption of …
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Posted on May 31, 2010 by Elie - FTLebanon
In my opinion, the terrible attack on the freedom flotilla was bound to happen. Anyone, who has been following news related to this high profile fleet, would have expected such confrontation between the international activists and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The Israeli foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, regarded the flotilla as a provocation and made it clear that the country’s forces are going to restrict the ships from arriving to port on Sunday, with any means necessary.
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