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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Flip-Flop
11 April 2018The prime minister reneged on a deal with the UNHCR after agreeing to a solution on the issue of people seeking asylum in Israel.
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NIF CEO on Deportation Win: “Civil Society Stronger than Cruel and Fearful Few”
2 April 2018In response to the Israeli government’s announcement that it will cancel its plan to deport people seeking asylum from African nations, NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .
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#NoMoreMaror
23 March 2018Tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Stop embittering the lives of asylum seekers.
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This Passover, We Stand with People Seeking Asylum
23 March 2018Next week Passover will start. Many of us will sit down at Seders and retell the story of our Exodus from Egypt. We will see ourselves as individuals who escaped bondage. And we will look at the world around us and identify the ways in which others around us are not yet free.
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Demonstration Against the Deportation and for South Tel Aviv
8 March 2018On Saturday, Feb. 24th, 20,000 people turned out in Tel Aviv for a powerful demonstration that was a statement for people seeking refuge in Israel and for everyone in south Tel Aviv.
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Responding to Prime Minister’s Office on African Asylum Seekers (PDF)
14 February 2018HIAS separates myth from fact when it comes to people seeking asylum in Israel.
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Our Role in Defending the People Seeking Asylum in Israel
12 February 2018No individual should be deported until he or she has a realistic chance to have his or her claim for asylum reviewed.
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Our Moral Imperative
8 February 2018When President Donald Trump first tried to implement his Muslim Ban. Americans protested. We showed up at airports. We donated to the ACLU. In Israel too we’re seeing a flurry of smart activity aimed at stopping deportations.
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Jewish Clergy Say No to Deportation
8 February 2018A letter to the Israeli government demanding a stop to the deportations has gathered over 900 signatures from Rabbis, Cantors, and seminary students.
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The Growing Opposition to the Deportations
25 January 2018Just like Americans showed up at airports when President Donald Trump tried to implement his Muslim Ban, Israelis are showing up right now on this issue.
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