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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 2018
Tell 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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“Journalism is Sacred”
8 March 2018
An interview with Shuki Tausig of the Seventh Eye on the contemporary Israeli media landscape.
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Responding to Prime Minister’s Office on African Asylum Seekers (PDF)
14 February 2018
HIAS 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 2018
No 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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Jewish Clergy Say No to Deportation
8 February 2018
A 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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As Israel’s Refugees Handed Deportation Orders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Attacks NIF
8 February 2018
A cynical attempt by the prime minister to turn the Israeli public against people seeking asylum will not change public opinion.
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A Social Change Movement is Underway to Fight the “Minimarkets Law”
11 January 2018
This law, passed narrowly in the Knesset on Monday, marks a setback for religious freedom in Israel.
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March of Shame Forces Prime Minister Netanyahu to Redraft Bill on Investigations
8 December 2017
Over 50,000 demonstrators came out on Saturday night to protest a bill that would weaken the police as they investigate the prime minister.
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