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Portraits of fascism: a special photography project
Since Oct. 7, Israeli police have arrested hundreds for opposing the Gaza war and published degrading photos of several detainees. Seven agreed to be photographed again — this time on their own terms.
By
Oren Ziv
May 9, 2025
Israel denies entry to Palestinian American over alleged BDS support
Israeli border authorities stopped 22-year-old Lara Alqasem from entering the country, despite the fact that she has a one-year student visa. An American woman with a valid student visa was denied entry to Israel upon landing on Tuesday at Ben Gurion Airport. Lara Alqasem, the 22-year-old granddaughter of Palestinian refugees from Haifa and a recent graduate…
By
Edo Konrad
October 3, 2018
At Tel Aviv rally, a Mizrahi-asylum seeker alliance is born
Tens of thousands crowded Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Saturday to show solidarity for asylum seekers facing deportation. ‘If we let the deportation happen, the Jewish people will have a stain on its history forever.’ It was an unusually hazy night in Tel Aviv. The lights from the stage caught the dust in long, yellow beams.…
By
Joshua Leifer
March 25, 2018
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Israel halts asylum seeker deportations — for now
Israeli authorities signal they plan to keep the deportation plan on schedule. By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man and Joshua Leifer Israeli authorities announced that they will temporarily halt, until further notice, the deportation of African asylum seekers to Rwanda and Uganda. Israel will, however, continue to issue deportation notices, and asylum seekers who are already in…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
March 14, 2018
Sent to Rwanda by Israel: ‘We have no food or work. Don’t come here’
Ahead of a mass planned deportation, +972 Magazine joins two members of Knesset on a trip to Rwanda and Uganda to investigate what happens to the asylum seekers Israel is sending there. The one thing that remained most elusive: a future for asylum seekers pushed out of Israel. By Oren Ziv KIGALI, Rwanda — A dark…
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Oren Ziv
February 10, 2018
‘They told me to go to a third country. I won’t go. I’ll go to jail.’
Israel begins issuing deportation notices to African asylum seekers: leave the country within two months, or face indefinite imprisonment. By Oren Ziv Two hundred of them arrived in the early morning hours on Sunday, gathering in an industrial area in the mostly ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, just outside of Tel Aviv. They arrived on…
By
Oren Ziv
February 4, 2018
PHOTOS: Thousands protest law punishing African asylum seekers
African asylum seekers march through central Tel Aviv to protest a law that deducts 20 percent of their wages. Photos by Yotam Ronen / Activestills.org Over 3,000 Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers marched through central Tel Aviv Saturday night against a new law that docks 20 percent of their salaries, which will be repaid only…
By
Haggai Matar
June 11, 2017
British national challenges Israel’s policy of deporting peace activists
Israel’s Interior Ministry banned British peace activist Gary Spedding from the country for 10 years, claiming that he was an anti-Semitic liar who might start a riot. Unlike other activists who have suffered the same fate, Spedding isn’t giving up without a fight. An Israeli court is slated to rule next month on a case…
By
Haggai Matar
August 24, 2015
Complete control: On the unquestioned authority of the Interior Ministry
Israel’s judges rarely question whether the Interior Ministry may not actually be an expert on immigration matters, or whether it might be making decisions without asking the right questions – even when someone’s life is on the line. The courts generally accept any, or nearly any, factual claim provided by the Interior Ministry regarding individuals…
By
Laissez Passer
April 27, 2013
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