Africans in Israel Face New Deportation Laws: Perceived as A 'Threat' to Israel's 'Jewish Character'

Ethiopian child at an "absorption center" in Israel.
(Photo: Vadim Lavrusik)

New laws include a crackdown on employers of African immigrants, the detainment of illegal migrants for one year without trial, and "grants" of up to $3,500 for illegal immigrants willing to return to their country of origin. Human rights groups say most African migrants in Israel face threats to their lives in their homelands.

Israel adopts new measures against African migrants (via AFP)

The Israeli cabinet approved Sunday measures aimed at deporting thousands of Africans who illegally entered the country and who are perceived by it as a threat to its Jewish character. A statement from the prime minister's office said that beyond the…

Nuclear Hypocrisy: A-Bomb Maker Pakistan Breaks Ground On New Nuke Plant - Not A Peep From US, Israel or Europe

Pakistan has Atomic weapons, have tested them and is even reportedly willing to supply an A-bomb to Saudi Arabia on demand.  And when Pakistan starts construction on another nuclear plant (with China's help), we don't here a peep from the United States, Europe, or Israel.  Yet the United States, Europe and Israel work feverishly to control Iran's development of nuclear power.

Bomb. (Illustration: _Gavroche_)

Pakistan launches largest nuclear power project (via AFP)

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday launched the construction of the country's biggest atomic power plant and vowed to pursue further projects to make nuclear the largest energy source. The 2,200-megawatt plant is to be built with Chinese…

Israel Heads for a Terrifying Split: Government At Odds With American Jews Who Want a Nuclear Deal and Reconciliation With Iran

Israel heads for a terrifying split (via The Economist)

APPEARANCES to the contrary, the Israeli government does not have a problem with the terms of the deal that was struck on Iran's nuclear programme on Sunday. Rather, the Israeli government has a problem with the fact that a deal was struck on Iran's…

Israel Government Plan for 'Jewish' Negev Town Called 'Racist' by Israeli Rights Organizations

Israeli plan for Jewish Negev town 'racist' (via AFP)

An Israeli human rights organisation on Monday accused the government of promoting "racist" policies in its decision to establish a Jewish town in the place of a Bedouin village. The cabinet on Sunday approved the establishment of "two new communities…