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Philippine police are executing people with Israeli weapons
Israel continues to export arms and military training to Rodrigo Duterte’s regime, even after the ICC launched a preliminary investigation to look into suspicions of crimes against humanity there. By Eitay Mack For much of the past two years, Israel has been exporting weapons and military training to the Philippine security forces. As part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal drug…
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August 19, 2019
PHOTOS: Israel begins crackdown on foreign workers and their children
Israeli immigration authorities begin summer-long deportations of at least 50 foreign workers and their Israeli-born children. Text by +972 Magazine Staff, photos by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Israeli immigration authorities have begun immigration raids targeting foreign workers from the Philippines and their children, in a crackdown that is expected to snare at least 50 adults and their…
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July 24, 2019
+972 Writer Mya Guarnieri Jaradat’s book short-listed for the Wingate Prize
Guarnieri Jaradat’s book, The Unchosen, is deeply reported look into the lives of asylum seekers and migrant workers in Israel. +972 Magazine congratulates writer Mya Guarnieri Jaradat on her book, The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel’s New Others, being short-listed for the 2018 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize. The Unchosen was short-listed alongside The Dark Circle…
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January 12, 2018
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Israeli reality TV could not be further from reality
There’s been a string of victories for minorities on Israeli reality TV – does it mean anything? There are probably a lot of people in Israel today who are really proud of their country. Last night, a Filipina cleaning lady won the final of the Israeli X-Factor – one of the highest rating shows in…
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Ami Kaufman
January 15, 2014
On left-wing NGOs and asylum seekers, ‘Jerusalem Post’ is all doublespeak
In an editorial published Tuesday, ‘The Jerusalem Post’ accused left-wing NGOs of bringing African asylum seekers to Israel in order to undermine the state’s Jewish majority. By accusing the Left of such Machiavellian tactics, the Post’s editorial board is, quite simply, inciting against those whose political views it disagrees with. The Jerusalem Post saw fit to…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
January 8, 2014
Denied basic labor rights, migrant caregivers take to the streets
The some 60,000 migrant workers who care for Israel’s elderly don’t receive the simplest of labor rights like overtime pay, guaranteed rest hours and vacation, are often locked into a form of debt bondage. By Jacob Udell While thousands of asylum seekers filled up Levinsky Park to organize a three-day general strike Saturday night, a…
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January 5, 2014
Home Field: Visiting agriculture workers in Israel, part 2
In a series of posts based on field visits and meetings with migrant workers in Israel, Noa Shauer and Shiraz Grinbaum highlight the conditions, hardships and exploitation of foreign workers. In part 2, a Thai worker and labor organizer at Moshav Sde Nitzan is deported for organizing a strike over working conditions. Read part 1 here…
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Activestills
November 27, 2013
From breaking barriers to waiting in Gaza: A week in photos – November 14-20
This week: Palestinians destroy the separation barrier in three different villages across the West Bank, Bedouin protest the Prawer Plan in the Negev, Bethlehem residents receive demolition orders, animal rights activists pour fake blood all over an Israeli supermarket, and more. …
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Activestills
November 21, 2013
Despite landmark High Court ruling, asylum seekers are only cautiously optimistic
Monday’s High Court ruling provided a major blow to the state’s attempt to hold asylum seekers in detention. However, despite the decision, asylum seekers are still not entitled to basic benefits such as health insurance, social services, housing and the freedom to work. By Elizabeth Tsurkov Refugees in Israel reacted with delight to the news of…
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September 17, 2013
Home Field: Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 1
In a series of posts based on field visits and meetings with migrant workers in Israel, Noa Shauer and Shiraz Grinbaum highlight the conditions, hardships and exploitation of foreign workers. In part 1, Thai agricultural workers in Kfar Varburg show ‘Kav Laoved – Workers’ Hotline’ their sub-standard living conditions and tell of their exploitative wages…
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Activestills
September 12, 2013
Foreign workers take exploitative employers to court
Many in Israel view the agriculture industry as moral and ethical one – one that symbolizes the infrastructure upon which the country was built. However, the reality portrays a much less attentive and heroic attitude toward foreign workers. By Noa Shauer (translated by Allison Rudy) Kav LaOved – Worker’s Hotline has recently received various complaints…
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September 4, 2013
Improper residence: The squalid conditions of Israel’s migrant workers
Just as migrant workers are made invisible to Israeli labor law, their homes are also made invisible. Pushed away in the backyards of agricultural cooperatives, migrant agricultural workers are distant, hidden from the public’s view. By Noa Shauer (translated by Or Glicklich) Walking into the migrant agricultural workers’ living quarters, the first thing you notice is…
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June 20, 2013
Cracks in the detention regime: Refugee advocates see string of court wins
Although the Israeli government is actively pursuing a detention regime meant to snare as many asylum seekers as possible, some recent legal victories provide a ray of light during an increasingly dark time for asylum seekers and refugees in Israel. By Noa Yachot and Adi Lerner The last year hasn’t been a good one for…
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Laissez Passer
May 16, 2013
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