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Bringing Holiday Gifts to the Asylum Community
3 March 2021The Reform Movement in Israel marked Purim with traditional mishloach manot, or gift baskets, to asylum seekers who have faced severe economic crisis as a result of the pandemic.
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Calling for Government Aid for Asylum Seekers
28 October 2020A report by NIF grantees reveals a desperate situation for the majority of asylum seekers in Israel and calls for immediate government intervention.
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Demanding Protections for Asylum Seekers
22 July 2020Israeli civil society and several members of Knesset are raising their voices against the freezing of government assistance to refugees.
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“Deposit Law” Struck Down, Helping Asylum Seekers
6 May 2020Following a petition from several NIF grantees, the Israeli government must return money it had confiscated from asylum seekers’ earnings.
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Protecting the Rights of Asylum Seekers
22 April 2020By law, the Israeli government confiscates part of asylum seekers’ paychecks. NIF grantees are trying to change that.
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Congolese Refugees Facing Deportation from Israel
7 March 2019The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants has succeeded in suspending the deportations but the status of Congolese people seeking asylum is still tenuous.
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Activists Demand Refuge for People Seeking Asylum in Petach Tikva
13 February 2019Residents of Petach Tikva are being singled out based on their skin color and Israeli civil society is fighting back against the mayor’s racist policy.
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Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
26 April 2018I never would have believed the Trumpian fashion in which the prime minister would falsely accuse us of trying to “erase the Jewish character of Israel,” or that he would demand, on the basis of lies, that we be subjected to a parliamentary committee of inquiry.
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NIF CEO on Win for People Seeking Asylum in Israel: “This Is What Democracy Looks Like”
24 April 2018Earlier today the Israeli government disclosed to Israel’s High Court that it would not forcibly deport people seeking asylum to third countries. PM Benjamin Netanyahu then posted on Facebook that he was seeking to re-open detention facilities for this population. NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement…
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What to Make of the Prime Minister’s Libel?
12 April 2018The days ahead will not be simple — not for Israelis who cherish democracy, not for NIF, and not for the 38,000 people seeking asylum who now find themselves in limbo — but this episode has powerfully demonstrated that we are not alone, and that when we stand together we have real power.
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