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Israel releases stateless Palestinian journalist it tried to deport
After nine months in detention and two failed deportation attempts, Israel releases East Jerusalem resident Mustafa al-Haruf. He has been living in Jerusalem for over 20 years, yet Israel refuses to grant him permanent status. Journalist Mustafa al-Haruf, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, was released from Givon Prison on Thursday afternoon after nine months in detention.…
By
Oren Ziv
October 25, 2019
Jordan turns back stateless Palestinian journalist Israel tried to deport
Israel attempted to deport Mustafa al-Haruf, a stateless Palestinian photographer from East Jerusalem, to Jordan without any coordination. Al-Haruf has been living in the country for over 20 years, yet Israel refuses to grant him permanent status. Jordanian authorities refused to accept a stateless Palestinian journalist from East Jerusalem whom Israel tried to deport to the Hashemite…
By
Oren Ziv
July 25, 2019
Israel trying to deport stateless Palestinian journalist from Jerusalem
Mustafa al-Haruf has spent the last 20 years living in East Jerusalem, where he has a wife, daughter, and works as a photographer. Now Israel wants to deport him to Jordan, where he has no family or legal status. Mustafa al-Haruf, a stateless Palestinian journalist who lives and works in Jerusalem, has been in an…
By
Oren Ziv
February 27, 2019
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Israel’s asylum process: White refugees, black lies
Since it began processing requests itself, Israel has approved only one asylum request, an albino girl from the Ivory Coast. Now the RSD unit is recommending that another albino asylum seeker be recognized as a refugee. Spread the word – albinos of Africa unite and come to Israel, you’ll be recognized as refugees here. On the…
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Laissez Passer
February 19, 2013
Israel puts Eritrean woman in administrative detention for buying fake work permit
The Interior Ministry declared Sanait Tesfauneh, an asylum-seeker from Eritrea, a ‘threat to public security’ and placed her in administrative detention after she was suspected of purchasing a forged work permit. Now, several organizations are attempting to challenge the detention system that deprives asylum seekers of their civil liberties. Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables was published…
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Laissez Passer
February 9, 2013
With help of Supreme Court, Israeli asylum system reaches new lows
The Interior Ministry, which processes applications for asylum, is by now well-known in Israel and the world for its lack of credibility. But it has a friend in the courts. We have discussed in the past the ways that the Supreme Court rules on refugee-related matters without any reference to refugee law. Since then, many…
By
Laissez Passer
February 4, 2013
An open letter to the incoming interior minister
Dear Honorable Minister, Following coalition negotiations, free of Natan Eshel and other evils, you will be sworn in as Israel’s interior minister. Having seen the hardships faced by a number of Israel’s interior ministers, let us give you three recommendations to ensure that your tenure is pleasant: 1. Don’t let lawyers shape policy for you.…
By
Laissez Passer
January 30, 2013
Israel’s newest national project: Ridding the country of ‘foreigners’
The distortions in Israel’s asylum system ensure a refugee recognition rate of zero. Not only does this place asylum seekers at risk, but it exposes what appears to be a concerted effort to overhaul the system so as to deport as many people as possible. In an article written a decade and a half ago,…
By
Laissez Passer
December 17, 2012
State to court: No gov’t approval for Yishai’s plan to arrest Sudanese en masse
In its response to a petition filed by human rights organizations and six African asylum seekers, the State Attorney’s office said today that the government has not made an official decision to arrest Sudanese refugees. The reply also said that Interior Minister Eli Yishai, who stated publicly that asylum seekers have until October 15 to…
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Mya Guarnieri Jaradat
October 25, 2012
Interior Min. attempts first deportation of Israeli-born child
Despite the fact that the child, born to migrant workers in Israel, has lived her whole life here and is integrated into the public school system, the Interior Ministry applied its rigid deportation criteria for the first time since the postponement period on deportations ended – and without even providing the father with the chance to properly…
By
Mairav Zonszein
August 18, 2011
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