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.

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

 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

 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


European Union proposes additional €40 million of funding for UNRWA

In order to keep operating until the end of the year, the organization said it has to fill a gap of $185 million.

Palestinian schoolgirls queue at an UNRWA-run school, on the first day of a new school year, in Gaza City August 29, 2018

UNRWA schools and health centers will run out of funds by mid-October

In order to keep operating until the end of the year, the organization said it has to fill a gap of $185 million.

Palestinian schoolgirls queue at an UNRWA-run school, on the first day of a new school year, in Gaza City August 29, 2018

UNRWA schools and health centers will run out of funds by mid-October

In order to keep operating until the end of the year, the organization said it has to fill a gap of $185 million.

Palestinian schoolgirls queue at an UNRWA-run school, on the first day of a new school year, in Gaza City August 29, 2018

The last hurrah for proponents of deportation?

During the first three months of the year, public opposition to forced deportation snowballed as extensive media coverage of the issue enabled Israelis to become more aware.

African refugees hold up placades during a demonstatration on the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel

Eritrea-Ethiopia peace deal leads to new debate about migrants

Pro-migrant groups, including the UN, have said Eritreans cannot safely be sent back to Eritrea for fear of persecution under the country’s draconian draft laws.

An African migrant wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust," I promise to remember... and never forget!" in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013.

Deportation or integration: The different faces of south Tel Aviv

The migrant issue continues to ravage and divide south Tel Aviv. Is there hope for the future?

NAVEH SHA’ANAN is home to the massive central bus station – a center of pollution, noise, crime, drugs and human trafficking

Refugee says she will never regret leaving Jerusalem's Shuafat Camp

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is responsible for the camp and provides medical and food aid and education for refugees.

Children roll tires as they run along the Israeli security barrier wall in the east Jerusalem refugee camp of Shuafat on January 3, 2018.

Deri: Negotiations with UN on migrants continue

Last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled an agreement he had made with the Officer of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which he had advocated less than 24 hours before.

Eritreans protest homeland regime 370

Israel's asylum seeker deadlock

With some 38,000 asylum seekers in Israel, the agreement with Uganda to accept 500 amounts to a drop in the ocean, and the government plan for mass deportations is on hold.

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

Former interior minister Gideon Sa'ar: dispute over top court solvable

“All of these steps can change the current pattern."

Gideon Sa'ar