Archive for the ‘immigrants’ tag
Closed Society: March 17, 2013
Eilat residents protested against African refugees’ presence in the city.
(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)
Judiciary: March 5, 2013
The State Prosecutor’s Office is creating a new department to deal with issues related to illegal immigrants. The new department will be headed by attorney Yochi Gnessin, for whom the position was specially created in order to prevent her retirement from the Prosecutor’s Office, and to which she will be appointed without a public tender. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Internal Security: January 29, 2013
An Eritrean asylum seeker who filed a rape complaint was asked by the police investigator in charge whether she “enjoyed the act” and “what did you feel when he came?”
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Closed Society: January 29, 2013
A new procedure allows the state to imprison illegal immigrants indefinitely even if there is no evidence against them or the case has been closed. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Closed Society: December 9, 2012
Female immigrants from Ethiopia claim they were threatened that if they did not agree to receive a treatment by injection of Depo Provera, a long-term contraceptive, they would not be allowed into Israel. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Closed Society: November 4, 2012
A young Sudanese national was assaulted in broad daylight and knocked unconscious by two men as they exited a Tel-Aviv bar. A human rights activist who came to his aid was herself assaulted by the men. (Xinhua)
(Videoclip – YouTube)
(Hebrew – Walla)
Closed Society: June 6, 2012
An Ethiopian citizen who suffered severe sexual abuse and is in her sixth month of pregnancy has been held in the Saharonim Detention Center since November instead of being released to a shelter for victims of human trafficking, because the Ma’agan shelter in the center of the country, which gives shelter to abused women, had no vacancy.
(Hebrew - Haaretz)
Local Government: June 4, 2012
The City of Haifa announced that it will close down any businesses employing illegal immigrants.
Political: June 4, 2012
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said that 25,000 illegal immigrants from South Sudan, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Ethiopia could be immediately deported. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew - Haaretz)
Closed Society: June 4, 2012
An apartment rented by Eritreans in Jerusalem was torched and four of its residents were injured. One of the walls was sprayed with the words “Get out of the neighborhood”. (Haaretz) In recent weeks the apartment’s owner received threats that if he doesn’t evict the residents, the building will be torched. (Ynetnews)
(Hebrew - Haaretz)
(Hebrew - Ynet)
