A rare and peaceful ‘Eid Kippur’ in Israel
This year, for the first time since 1981, the Jews’ biggest fast overlapped with one of Islam’s biggest feasts.
This year, for the first time since 1981, the Jews’ biggest fast overlapped with one of Islam’s biggest feasts.
A historic 216-page ruling handed down on Sept. 22 by the Supreme Court of Israel marks a breakthrough for the young country’s muddled migrant and refugee law.
“I know that for some of you, coming to Israel after a very challenging summer might cause hesitation,” Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai told a crowd of hundreds of techies wearing neon-pink wristbands and ID necklaces.
“Hey, Jackson! How’s your startup coming? Still living the dream?”
The Supreme Court of Israel ruled this evening to close a desert prison called Holot, a facility that Israeli lawmakers created last December to indefinitely hold African asylum seekers who had \”infiltrated\” the border.
No neighborhood along the eastern half of the Gaza strip — the half closest to Israel — emerged unscathed from the recent 50-day war in Gaza, which left more than 2,000 Palestinians dead.
For those few Gaza hospitals not bombed or evacuated during the Gaza war, the influx of wounded and dead made for a hellish 24/7 chaos in their halls, as well as growing refugee camps on their perimeters.