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Sheffi Paz, prominent Tel Aviv anti-illegal immigration activist, dies at 74

Paz died following a battle with cancer. The disease was diagnosed for the fourth time over the past month, after she had previously battled cancer on three occasions.

Israeli activist Sheffi Paz surrounded by supporters arrives to enter the Neve Tirtza Women's Prison in in Ramla, to serve her sentence After being convicted in vandalism, on November 14, 2024.
Israeli police inspectors and bomb squad unit are seen at the scene where Israeli Border Police forces shot at a driver who allegedly attempted to ram his vehicle into security personnel in az-Za'ayyem checkpoint near Ma’ale Adumim.

Manhunt launched as suspect flees scene of attempted ramming of police officer near Modi'in

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Transgender Israeli computer engineer detained by ICE following kidnapping charges in New Hampshire

HAREDI PROTESTERS block Highway 1, June 1, 2026; Illustrative.

Haredi protesters gather at Maccabim checkpoint over reported draft evader arrest - report


New tax in Israel leaves African migrants feeling unwanted and unwelcome

New tax rules force employers to put part of migrants' salaries in a fund which can only be accessed once they leave Israel.

African migrants in Tel Aviv

‘Life in South Tel Aviv has become unbearable’

Lawmakers and residents protest against migrant presence in city.

An African migrant worker sleeps on a bench of a bus station in south Tel Aviv

UN ambassadors visit Israeli settlement

Danny Danon says he wanted group "to have knowledge, be objective, and judge for themselves."

AMBASSADOR TO THE UN Danny Danon (second left), Guatemalan Ambassador to the UN Jorge Skinner-Klee and Ma’aleh Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel discuss a map in Ma’aleh Adumim last week

NGO: Special migrant courts significantly defective

Prior to May 2014, there were special migrant courts but appeals from those courts went up to standard civilian District Courts, ensuring that poor decisions were reviewed at a high level.

AFRICAN MIGRANTS sit on pipes outside Holot, a detention centre in Israel’s southern Negev desert.

Cabinet okays step to encourage illegal workers to leave by choice

“Now that we have almost completely stopped the infiltration phenomenon to Israel we need to continue to work to move forward ways to get those in the country to leave,” says Netanyahu.

An African migrant holds an Israeli flag after being released from the Holot detention center in the Negev

NGO cites serious shortcoming in treatment of detained migrants by Israel

At several detention centers, many migrants did not even know they had access to healthcare.

The Holot Detention Facility in the Negev.

Knesset lowers maximum migrant detention in Holot to 12 months

The change follows the Supreme Court’s strike down of a 20-month maximum that had been allowed under a previous amendment.

An African migrant holds an Israeli flag after being released from the Holot detention center in the Negev

Knesset votes on amendment to anti-infiltration law

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas) said Monday that he expects the amendment to be brought for its second and third readings in the coming days.

The Knesset plenum

Migrant caregivers’ ‘#OurHands Campaign’

Organizations around the world are now rallying through a campaign called “Our Hands” to share information with domestic workers and encourage collective mobilization.

An African migrant worker sleeps on a bench of a bus station in south Tel Aviv

Analysis: Senior Eritrean Church official stuck in bureaucratic limbo over detention

Father Semere summoned to Holot detention center.

An African migrant holds an Israeli flag after being released from the Holot detention center in the Negev