Refugees in israel

Decapitated mannequins placed at houses of judges, Tel Aviv mayor, in protest of illegal immigrants

The mannequins also had messages expressing discontent with the current state of illegal immigrants in Israel, claiming that they are the cause of a rise in violent crime rates.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Protests against illegal immigration in Tel Aviv.
A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA following an Israeli raid in Gaza City, on July 12, 2024.

UNRWA operations in east Jerusalem set to end, concerns continue

A UNRWA official said there is "no visibility on how the law would be implemented."

|ByELIAV BREUER
Posing outside the Dan Jerusalem Hotel (L-R): Herzl Shriki and his daughter Tamar, Shelly Dadia, Leah and Marc Hersch, Shalom Chayut, and Yosef Tzarfati.

Home Sweet (not) Home: The displaced residents of northern Israel

Some 90,000 Israelis, mainly from the northern communities closest to Lebanon, were sent to hotels around the country in a large-scale humanitarian project.

|ByNATAN ROTHSTEIN
Northern Israelis, evacuated from their homes following the war, protesting demanding the government to return them to their homes, in central Jerusalem, May 16, 2024

'Government is destroying the North': Local leaders say citizens will leave without solution

More and more residents are leaving the North, and the situation is not improving.

|ByEVE YOUNG

My Word: Meet the mythical refugee

UNRWA should gradually be disbanded. In the meantime, it should tell the truth.

JUNE 8, 2017ByLIAT COLLINS
A PALESTINIAN TEACHER gestures as children attend a lesson at an UNRWA-run school in the Gaza Strip in 2015

Asylum-seekers protest 20% wage deduction law

Money to be returned once they leave Israel.

APRIL 27, 2017ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Protesters outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art on Thursday

If Israel admits Syrian refugees, would it need to welcome Palestinians as well?

Minister Yuval Steinetz discusses the implications for Israel of recent regional developments.

APRIL 10, 2017ByARIEL WHITMAN, JPOST.COM STAFF
Palestinian residents of the Yarmouk refugee camp in the Damascus district of Syria wave their national flags as they take part in a protest expressing their will to stay inside the camp.

Passover Seder conducted for African detainees in Negev detention center

“As Jews, we can’t ignore what is happening here and celebrate our freedom at Passover when there are people who don’t have their own freedom in this country.”

APRIL 6, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON
A Passover seder at Holot Detention Center.

Knesset passes law forbidding national service in left-wing NGOs

MK Ohana: We will not make it easy for Trojan horses operating among us.

MARCH 22, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
The Knesset

NGO: 3,000 asylum seekers denied basic services as pressure to leave

The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants NGO claims that the Israel Prisons Service is providing African asylum seekers in the country with substandard conditions in order to pressure them to leave.

MARCH 22, 2017ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
AFRICAN MIGRANTS being held at the Holot detention center in the Negev demonstrate last month for better conditions.

Israelis protest Trump travel ban, citing history of Jewish refugees

In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem activists show solidarity.

JANUARY 29, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Protesting in Jerusalem against the US travel ban on Jan. 29, 2017

CHRISTIANS TO JUDEA AND SAMARIA

JANUARY 6, 2017BySTEVE CRANE
The Jerusalem Post

Hydroponic farm for refugees, foreign workers launches on Tel Aviv rooftop

"They don't have the same language, so they can't communicate,” urban farming consultant Lavi Kushelevich told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. “But they can communicate through food.”

JANUARY 5, 2017BySHARON UDASIN
Hydroponic farm for refugees, foreign workers launches on Tel Aviv rooftop

Caring for the stateless

A medical clinic in Tel Aviv provides basic treatment free of charge for migrants who have no insurance.

JANUARY 1, 2017ByPAUL ALSTER
Terem Public Health Clinic