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South Sudanese Soldiers. (Steve Evans/CC BY-SA 2.0)

WATCH: Left, Right come together against arms exports to S. Sudan

As recently reported in +972 Magazine, Israel is exporting arms to South Sudan, despite an EU embargo and a decision in Washington to halt military aid. In Israel, activists from both sides of the political map are coming together to say ‘enough is enough.’

By Social TV July 25, 2015

Court prohibits detention of Sudanese refugees days before mass arrests begin

A Jerusalem court issued a temporary injunction on Thursday, prohibiting the detention of Sudanese refugees. The group was slated for arrest and forced transfer to a prison camp in the Negev desert beginning on October 15. The court’s move comes in response to an October 3 petition, filed by the Clinic for Migrants’ Rights at the…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat October 12, 2012

LISTEN: The song of the ‘threat’ to the Zionist project

A few weeks ago, I was in south Tel Aviv on a Friday night conducting research. As I walked down Salame Street, I heard a chorus singing above me. It was coming from the second story of a low-slung, dilapidated apartment building. I saw a few latecomers entering the building — Eritrean women draped in…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat June 28, 2012

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South Sudanese child abuse victims face expulsion with families

Among the hundreds of South Sudanese slated for deportation is a group of children who have been removed from their parents’ custody due to severe domestic violence. The authorities have not taken steps to ensure their protection, and they risk not only immediate deportation, but a forced return to abusive families. South Sudanese victims of…

By Noa Yachot June 13, 2012

Israeli radio host: ‘Islam is most terrible disease in the world’

Just a few thoughts on stuff that’s been “bothering” me… to say the least 1. My tax shekels pay too many idiots I read a column today by Ofer Shelach [Heb], who writes for the daily Ma’ariv, and pounded my desk rather hard. Shelach was angry, rightfully so, for the words spewed by Army Radio talk-show…

By Ami Kaufman June 13, 2012

South Sudanese get last-minute reprieve from deportation

On Thursday, a Jerusalem District Court judge issued a temporary injunction preventing the Ministry of Interior from revoking the group protection of South Sudanese. The move effectively delays the deportation of South Sudanese refugees, which was set to begin today. Families, including Israeli-born children, are among those facing deportation to South Sudan. Human rights organizations say…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat March 31, 2012