Holot

Two separate vehicle accidents across Israel leave at least one dead, 14 injured

One person died and seven others were injured in a crash in northern Israel, and seven others were injured in a three-vehicle collision on Highway 4.

 Magen David Adom teams at the scene of the car accident on Route 4 near the Holon Interchange. March 28, 2025.
African migrants sit at the Holot open detention center in the Negev in Southern Israel

Analysis: What is the point of the override clause if it goes unused?

An African migrant holds an Israeli flag after being released from Holot detention centre in Israel's southern Negev desert August 25, 2015.

Reopening Holot is ‘yet another spin,’ setting us back years, NGO says

African asylum seekers wait to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

How a Jewish country should not deal with asylum seekers


Court: No freezing new orders to migrants to come to Holot detention center

The migrants had hoped for a victory on the momentum of 1,200 other migrants being released from migrant detention centers last week.

The Holot Detention Facility in the Negev.

Holot detention center begins releasing hundreds of African migrants

Negev facility is set to release some 600 African migrants Tuesday, and a similar number are slated for discharge Wednesday.

The Holot Detention Facility in the Negev.

African migrants to be released from Israeli detention centers face ban on Tel Aviv residency

Scope of restriction and punishment for violations remains unclear, says PIBA spokeswoman.

The Holot Detention Facility in the Negev.

Just Torah: Hopeful reflections on a bitter Passover

The author argues that the Jewish state possesses the tools to find a solution for the 45,000 asylum seekers.

African migrants walk outside Holot open detention center in the southern Negev last year.

Sudanese Holot-detained man indicted for manslaughter in drunk driving accident

Man, 33, is also charged with driving drunk, driving without a license and without legally-mandated insurance and other charges.

Handcuffs [Illustrative]

Flight to freedom?

The 300 detainees at the refugee Seder at the Holot Detention Center danced to live music and shared what organizers called their Exodus stories.

Refugee Seder at the Holot Detention Center.

Interior Ministry announces new initiative to get African migrants to agree to deportation

Israel has reached agreements with two African countries willing to absorb migrants, which have also agreed not to deport them to their home countries.

African migrants walk outside Holot open detention center in Israel's southern Negev desert