Asylum, Which Made the United States a Leader in Protecting Jews, Could Disappear
The America that welcomed us when we escaped religious persecution is in danger of disappearing.
The America that welcomed us when we escaped religious persecution is in danger of disappearing.
As a general rule in Tel Aviv, if your taxi driver is still gabbing about a national news event — more often than not, with a conservative slant — you can bet the topic is also trending citywide.
Daniel Angosom was just 18 when he escaped a lifetime of compulsory army service in Eritrea, fleeing to Sudan through his country’s northern border. It was in Sudan, while working as a cattle herder, that Angosom — like thousands of African asylum seekers before him — was kidnapped and sold to Bedouin gangs in the Sinai desert.
Israel attempted to deport 25 Eritrean asylum seekers in violation of international conventions, according to an Israeli NGO supporting the rights of migrants.
Canada placed Israel on a list of \”safe\” countries whose citizens are unlikely to seek asylum as refugees.
An Iranian nuclear scientist has requested political asylum in Israel, an Israeli lawmaker said.\n
If Israel goes ahead and sends 1,000 southern Sudanese refugees back to live under the Pharaoh, after what they went through in Sudan, then once and for all we Jews ought to get off our high horse about how \”the world stood silent\” when we needed help.
Israeli activists and lawmakers are challenging in court the current policy of incarcerating Sudanese refugees who illegally enter the country under a law dealing with \”enemy nationals\” that allows them to be detained indefinitely.