Newsfeed 2017-2018

This newsfeed features a selection of articles published in the national and international press between 2017 to 2018 to the present about asylum seekers, refugees, and protection issues in Israel. These articles reflect various positions and interpretations of the situation, as published by various sources, and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNHCR. They are an important resource for learning about the protection environment of asylum seekers and refugees in Israel.

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Asylum Seeker Turned TV Star: 'It’s as if Israelis Forgot What They Went Through'
Haaretz
19 Dec 2018
UN ratifies migrant pact; Israel and US among five to vote against
Times of Israel
19 Dec 2018
Eritrean and Sudanese crime data released for first time in five years
The Jerusalem Post
17 Dec 2018
New UN Refugee Representative: If Israel Doesn't Act Now, It Will Fail This Generation
Haaretz
1 Dec 2018
New Initiative Brings Coding Bootcamp To African Refugees In Tel Aviv
NoCamels
29 Nov 2018
Opinion: If Netanyahu Next Shakes Hands With Sudan’s Genocidal President, the Bloodstains Won’t Wipe Clean
Haaretz
28 Nov 2018
13 Sri Lankan asylum seekers imprisoned in Israel
The Jerusalem Post
11 Nov 2018
Answer Always No, Only Reasons VaryThe Israel Immigration Authority's Explanations for Denying Africans' Asylum Requests
Haaretz
27 Oct 2018
Only Specialist Medical Clinic for Asylum Seekers in Israel Due to Close Over Lack of Funding
Haaretz
22 Oct 2018
Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Israel Protest the EU: Help Our Brothers Trapped in Libya
Haaretz
11 Oct 2018
Congo migrants face deportation after Israel revokes group protection
Times of Israel
9 Oct 2018
sraelis Who Drove Campaign to Shelter Asylum Seekers, Anne Frank-style, Now Nobel Contenders
Haaretz
4 Oct 2018
Clear Majority of Israelis Oppose Accepting Refugees, Poll Says
Haaretz
20 Sep 2018
The Eritrean Soccer Star on the Streets of Tel Aviv
Haaretz
10 Sep 2018
African migrants reel as Israeli law cuts into their salaries
Times of Israel
15 Aug 2018
Lower court: Eritrean asylum seekers can be deported to country of origin
The Jerusalem Post
15 Aug 2018
Israel Ranked 5th From Worst of 20 Countries on Detention of Migrants' Children
Haaretz
14 Aug 2018
Israeli Program in Which Asylum Seekers Willingly Leave for Rwanda Is Frozen
Haaretz
25 Jul 2018
Israel Considers Deporting Asylum Seekers to Eritrea and Sudan
Haaretz
24 Jul 2018
Asylum Seeker and Two Children Released From Israeli Jail After Two Months' Detention
Haaretz
17 Jul 2018
Israeli Man Involved in Lynching of Asylum Seeker Sentenced to 100 Days Community Service
Haaretz
4 Jul 2018
Asylum seekers in Israel: Eritrea sent people to beat us
Times of Israel
25 Jun 2018
Israel’s Only Refugee Mental Health Clinic Works in Shadow of Closure
Pulitzer Center
20 Jun 2018
Amnesty International: Israel, Uganda deceiving asylum seekers
YNet News
18 Jun 2018
In Tel Aviv, a Battle Is Being Waged for the Future of Eritrea
Haaretz
6 Jun 2018
Four injured in clashes between Eritreans in South Tel Aviv
The Jerusalem Post
5 Jun 2018
Israel to grant humanitarian status to 300 asylum seekers from Sudan
Times of Israel
27 May 2018
Israel scraps contested plan to deport tens of thousands of African migrants
The Washington Post
26 Apr 2018
Report shows scant number of African migrants consented to leave Israel
YNet News
26 Apr 2018
Netanyahu vows to reopen migrant jails after deportation plan fails
Times of Israel
24 Apr 2018
Israel to free 200 migrants detained at Saharonim Prison
The Jerusalem Post
15 Apr 2018
Uganda ‘positively considering’ accepting 500 African migrants from Israel
Times of Israel
13 Apr 2018
Israel frees dozens of jailed asylum seekers after Rwanda deportations axed
Times of Israel
4 Apr 2018
Israel suspends plan to send 16,000 African migrants to Western countries
CNN
3 Apr 2018
Netanyahu scraps UN deal to resettle African asylum seekers
The Washington Post
3 Apr 2018
Israel Reaches Deal With UN to Deport Asylum Seekers to West, Not Africa
Haaretz
2 Apr 2018
Standing with African migrants, former IDF fighters recall their ‘hell’
YNet News
27 Mar 2018
Israel set to recognize hundreds of Sudanese as refugees — report
Times of Israel
26 Mar 2018
Petition against the deportation agreement: "Rwanda is a dictatorship"
Times of Israel
24 Mar 2018
Netanyahu says ‘flood’ of African migrants worse than Sinai terrorists
Times of Israel
20 Mar 2018
Israel has halted a plan to expel African migrants—for now
Quartz
16 Mar 2018
High court temporarily halts deportation of African migrants
Times of Israel
15 Mar 2018
In lead-up to mass deportation, Israel closes Holot detention facility
+972 Magazine
15 Mar 2018
Large migrant detention center to close at midnight amid deportation plan
Times of Israel
12 Mar 2018
Hundreds of women march in south Tel Aviv against deportations
+972 Magazine
9 Mar 2018
20,000 Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against deportation plan of African migrants
i24 News
25 Feb 2018
South Tel Aviv residents supporting migrants’ deportation reject ‘racist’ label
Times of Israel
25 Feb 2018
Hundreds of asylum seekers march to desert prison to protest deportations
+972 Magazine
22 Feb 2018
Israel Gives African Asylum-Seekers A Choice: Deportation Or Jail
NPR
22 Feb 2018
First seven asylum seekers refusing deportation are imprisoned
Times of Israel
21 Feb 2018
The Darfuri Asylum Seeker in Israel Who Takes Refuge in Writing
Haaretz
17 Feb 2018
Israel’s Asylum Seekers and Tech Allies Speak Out Against Deportation Order
CTech - Calcalist Tech
16 Feb 2018
Sent to Rwanda by Israel: ‘We have no food or work. Don’t come here’
+972 Magazine
10 Feb 2018
Poll: 66% of Israeli Jews approve of government policy to deport Africans
Israel Hayom
8 Feb 2018
How Did Israel Become a Place of No Refuge?
New York Times
7 Feb 2018
Israelis Offer Shabbat Meals And Sanctuary To African Asylum-Seekers
The Forward
7 Feb 2018
Q&A with Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri: Plan to deport thousands of Africans is not about race
Washington Post
7 Feb 2018
UNHCR in talks to send African migrants to ‘safe’ countries, let others stay
Times of Israel
7 Feb 2018
Israel Starts Issuing Deportation Notices to African Asylum Seekers
Haaretz
4 Feb 2018
Asylum Seekers Deported From Israel to Rwanda Warn Those Remaining: ‘Don’t Come Here’
Haaretz
2 Feb 2018
African Deportations Are Creating a Religious Controversy in Israel
The Atlantic
30 Jan 2018
Israel will pay new civilian immigration inspectors $9,000 bonuses to deport African migrants
Quartz
27 Jan 2018
Israeli Holocaust survivors plead case of African migrants
The Guardian
26 Jan 2018
Doctors, pilots and Holocaust survivors oppose plan to deport African migrants
Times of Israel
24 Jan 2018
Rwanda Denies Deal With Israel: 'We'll Never Receive Migrants Deported Against Their Will'
Haaretz
24 Jan 2018
Israeli Pilots Refuse to Fly Deported Refugees Back to Africa
Newsweek
22 Jan 2018
Inspired by Anne Frank, Rabbis in Israel Plan to Hide African Asylum Seekers Facing Deportation
Haaretz
19 Jan 2018
Israeli cycling team signs Eritrean refugee for 2018 Giro d’Italia
Times of Israel
10 Jan 2018
Hundreds protest in Tel Aviv against the deportation of asylum seekers
+972 Magazine
7 Jan 2018
Rwanda, Uganda Deny Reaching a Deal With Israel to Accept Refugees
Haaretz
5 Jan 2018
Rwanda, Uganda deny deal with Israel to take Africa migrants
Associated Press (AP)
5 Jan 2018
As Israel prepares to deport African migrants, deportees divulge dangers
Times of Israel
13 Dec 2017
22,000 Ukrainian, Georgian refugees enter country via Internet scam
The Jerusalem Post
27 Nov 2017
Govt., not refugees, to blame for South Tel Aviv slums, residents say
The Jerusalem Post
27 Nov 2017
Jewish Groups Denounce Israel's Plans to Deport 40,000 African Asylum Seekers
Newsweek
24 Nov 2017
Rwanda could take 10,000 refugees from Israel: Minister
Aljazeera
24 Nov 2017
Opinion: Torture, Death at Sea: What Awaits Asylum Seekers Israel Deports
Haaretz
23 Nov 2017
Ministers vote to close Holot migrant detention center
Times of Israel
19 Nov 2017
Think most asylum seekers in Israel are African? Try Ukrainian
Times of Israel
7 Nov 2017
Soldiers testify on how IDF sent asylum seekers back to Egypt
+972 Magazine
26 Oct 2017
Israel Can Now Deport African Asylum Seekers Without Their Consent
Haaretz
25 Oct 2017
Israel Jails Hundreds of African Asylum Seekers Without Trial Every Year
Haaretz
24 Sep 2017
Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Israel Increasingly Turning to Prostitution
Haaretz
12 Sep 2017
Netanyahu exploiting south Tel Aviv’s hardships to attack asylum seekers
+972 Magazine
8 Sep 2017
In Uganda, deported migrants accuse Israel of ‘trafficking in refugees’
Times of Israel
3 Sep 2017
Netanyahu on African 'infiltrators': we will return South Tel Aviv to Israelis
Haaretz
31 Aug 2017
Israeli army backs soldier who volunteered with African children
Haaretz
30 Aug 2017
Tel Avivians gather to hear asylum seekers firsthand
Haaretz
30 Aug 2017
African asylum seekers can be deported to countries like Rwanda and Uganda, Israel's Top Court rules
Haaretz
29 Aug 2017
Following court ruling, migrants says 'I want my freedom'
Ynet
29 Aug 2017
Israel activists deem ruling on migrants' deportation
The Jerusalem Post
29 Aug 2017
Israel seeks to indefinitely detaim asylum seekers who refuse deportation
Haaretz
29 Aug 2017
Justice Minister pans High Court for 'degrading Israel's Jewish character
The Times of Israel
29 Aug 2017
Justice Minister slams Israel's Top Court says it disregards Zionism and upholding Jewish majority
Haaretz
29 Aug 2017
Refugee resentment
The Times of Israel
29 Aug 2017
Court backs Israel's deportation of migrants to third country, but limits jail time for those who refuse
The Times of Israel
28 Aug 2017
High Court: State cannot detain migrants indefinitely
The Jerusalem Post
28 Aug 2017
South Tel Aviv residents protest HCJ decision freeing infiltrators
Ynet
28 Aug 2017
A tale of two cities' protests
The Jerusalem Post
27 Aug 2017
Dozens protest at High Court head's home against African migrants
The Times of Israel
27 Aug 2017
Israeli government angered by landmark Supreme Court asylum seeker ruling
i24News
27 Aug 2017
Threatened Iranian blogger arrives safely in Israel
The Jerusalem Post
10 Aug 2017
Why Eritrean asylum seekers are leaving Israel for Canada
CJNEWS
10 Aug 2017
Iranian journalist fails to appear for asylum flight to Israel
Ynet
7 Aug 2017
Israel grants refugee status to Iranian blogger in Turkey
The Jerusalem Post
6 Aug 2017
NGO says govt shirking responsibility to Eritrean and Sudanese refugees
The Jerusalem Post
4 Aug 2017
Rise in asylum-seekers leaving Israel for the West, especially Canada
Haaretz
20 Jul 2017
Israel taking money from asylum seekers' pay then returning it when they leave country
The Independent
6 Jul 2017
Jerusalem opens first health clinic for African refugees
The Jerusalem Post
4 Jul 2017
African asylum seekers hit by new tax in Israel
Ynet
3 Jul 2017
African asylum seekers hit the books thanks to new student group
The Times of Israel
1 Jul 2017
Banking on deportations, Israel admits to stalling on asylum requests
Haaretz
29 Jun 2017
New way to abuse refugees
Haaretz
29 Jun 2017
Israel hires anti-refugee group to research situation in Eritrea
Haaretz
28 Jun 2017
Dery: Sudanese came to escape persecution in their home country
Haaretz
22 Jun 2017
Asylum seekers prevented from speaking at Knesset haearing about asylum seekers
Haaretz
21 Jun 2017
The Pope and Reform Judaism leader discuss refugees in rare Vatican meeting
Haaretz
27 May 2017
Only one asylum seeker illegally entered Israel via Egypt in the past year
Haaretz
23 May 2017
African asylum seekers leaving Israel to Canada, Europe
Haaretz
15 May 2017
eBay founder's first look media buys rights to Israeli docu on lynching of asylum seeker mistaken for terrorist
Haaretz
15 May 2017
Asylum seekers in Israel angry over new law making them deposit 20% of pay
Haaretz
14 May 2017
Darfurians on their way to refugee status
Ynet
13 May 2017
Israel's new tactic for forcing out African refugees - dock their wages
972
12 May 2017
Israelis, treat us like humans - at least until we go home
972
11 May 2017
Asylum seekers in Israel's South cut off from mobile network for over a week
Haaretz
9 May 2017
NGO slams State for refugee request backlog crisis
The Jerusalem Post
23 Apr 2017
If Israel admits Syrian refugees, would it need to welcome Palestinians as well?
The Jerusalem Post
10 Apr 2017
In the remote South, young Israelis and refugees celebrate Passover together
The Times of Israel
10 Apr 2017
Treated in Israel, Syrian refugees no longer see it as their enemy
Ynet
8 Apr 2017
Un mardi qui fera date dans la vie de Merhawi (French)
Le Monde
31 Mar 2017
Premiers pas en France de Merhawi, qui a quitté Israël la mort dans l'âme
Le Monde
27 Mar 2017
Israeli Orna Ben-Ami seeks to bring attention to refugees at the UN
The Jerusalem Post
20 Mar 2017
Et le visage d'une athlète Soudanaise apparut sur l' écran, dans un village de Corrèze qui l'attend (French)
Le Monde
15 Mar 2017
Israelis help German aid workers deal with Syrian refugees
Ynet
17 Feb 2017
Ministry of Health threatens to stop admitting Syrian refugees
Ynet
16 Feb 2017
US Jewish groups helping Muslim refugees accused of harboring 'new Nazis'
The Times of Israel
16 Feb 2017
'Jewish rally for Refugees' in New York invokes struggle of Holocaust survivor grandparents
Haaretz
13 Feb 2017
Hundreds turn out at Jewish rally for refugees in New York
The Jerusalem Post
12 Feb 2017
Israelis lead secret operation to deliver coats to refugees in Syria
The Jerusalem Post
12 Feb 2017
Jewish prayer session held at JFK in solidarity with refugees
The Jerusalem Post
8 Feb 2017
PM: Israel protecting Europe from even worse refugee crisis
The Times of Israel
7 Feb 2017
Young Jews and Arabs from Israel join forces to help Syrian refugees
Haaretz
7 Feb 2017
We were once refugees and immigrants, too: American Jews tell their stories
Haaretz
3 Feb 2017
Why we American Jews must relentlessly oppose Trump's refugee ban
Haaretz
3 Feb 2017
US Holocaust museum urges government to protect refugees
The Times of Israel
2 Feb 2017
American Jews outraged by Trump must not forget Israel's refugees
Haaretz
31 Jan 2017
Israelis protest Trump travel ban, citing history of Jewish refugees
The Jerusalem Post
30 Jan 2017
Report: Several Jewish families affected by Trump's refugee ban
The Jerusalem Post
30 Jan 2017
Fleeing Eritrean army not grounds for refugee status in Israel, Judge rules
Haaretz
29 Jan 2017
Israeli tech helps Syrian refugees regain normalcy
Ynet
29 Jan 2017
African refugees protest deportations, ask for asylum
The Jerusalem Post
26 Jan 2017
Israel reportedly prepared to take in 100 orphaned Syrian refugees
Haaretz
26 Jan 2017
Jewish and Israeli organizations deliver emergency aid to refugees on frozen Greek island
The Times of Israel
26 Jan 2017
Israel's theft from asylum seekers
Haaretz
8 Jan 2017