The stakes have risen for both sides in the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Palestine, as Israel threatens to overrun Palestinians with a ground force waiting near the border—as the international community scurries to prevent an escalation into full-out war, but with Hamas showing no signs of stopping its rocket attacks on Israel. For [...]
Israel Preparing For Major Ground Invasion of Gaza Strip
November 16, 2012 | Posted by
The violence that has erupted between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip isn’t exactly a fair fight, as a story in the BBC News pointed out, because Israel has a far superior military force—but a piece in Haaretz notes that it hardly matters because deadly air strikes will only serve to strengthen the resolve [...]
Shooting in Tel Aviv Leaves 3 Injured
September 16, 2012 | Posted by
Gunfire in the Israeli financial capital Tel Aviv injured three people Saturday night in the city’s central bus station. Authorities have apparently identified the culprits as African migrants. At least one person was shot in the chest, and another in the hand, but no fatalities have been reported. The violence will be sure to add [...]
Israel Denies Entry to Africans Huddled at Its Border
September 7, 2012 | Posted by
Fearful that Israel is becoming overrrun with too many Africans, Israel has refused to grant entry to a group of Eritrean refugees huddled at a new fence in the desert at Israel’s border with Egypt. The Eritrean group, which includes two women and a teenager, has been there for about a week, bunched together under [...]
Violent Anti-African Race Riot Rocks Israel, Black Men and Women Beaten
May 26, 2012 | Posted by
Violence surged in the streets of Tel Aviv as a 1000-strong protest against African immigrants seeking asylum in Israel turned violent. Residents of a low-income Tel Aviv neighbourhood descended to the streets, waving Israeli flags and chanting “Deport the Sudanese” and “Infiltrators get out of our homes” to protest against the increase of African migrants [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: African Immigrants A Danger To Israel’s National Identity
May 20, 2012 | Posted by
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the phenomenon of African migrants infiltrating the country was a danger to Israel’s national identity. Netanyahu said the number of migrants, which today stands at around 60,000, could increase to 600,000 if untreated and that the “flood of migrants” could negatively influence the Jewish and democratic nature of the [...]
African Migrants Under Attack In Israel
May 10, 2012 | Posted by
Recent attacks against African asylum seekers in Tel Aviv are raising important questions for the state of Israel. Advocates say the migrants are victims of racism, discrimination and decades of poor policy. But some citizens and politicians argue the rising number of “infiltrators” – as they call them – is leading to crime and a [...]
