April Director's Note
On April 2nd, we all experienced a moment of joy when the Prime Minister and the Interior Minister announced that they had reached what the Prime Minister termed a “landmark agreement” to finally solve the problem of the 35,000 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers in Israel. The agreement with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stated that within 5 years, the UN would resettle 16,000 refugees in western countries, where they would receive legal status and full righ
On Inconsistancy
On Monday, April 2nd, Israel’s prime minister announced a deal with the United Nations refugee agency agreeing to resettle 16 000 migrants to Western countries, and to integrate another 16 000 in Israel. There was something almost mystical in the Government’s announcement at the end of Pesach, the Jewish holiday that celebrates the Hebrews’ redemption from slavery. During the seder, Jewish Israelis were retelling the story of their people’s liberation, the long journey out of
