• Refugees: “Let us work to survive”

    Al Jazeera English, May 1, 2010 Traffic came to a stop in the center of Tel Aviv on Friday as hundreds took to the streets for May Day. African refugees were amongst them. They carried hand-painted signs reading “Refugees’ rights now” and “Let us work to survive” in bold, red letters. Their words point to …

  • Urban sanctuaries

    The Jerusalem Post, April 30, 2010 The National, May 17, 2010 Nearly half of Ruby Austria’s 150 congregants have disappeared since the Oz Unit, a strong arm of the immigration police, took to the streets in July. Thousands of foreign workers have left the country out of fear. Hundreds have been deported. In recent months, …

  • Respecting the Rule of Law

    Zeek, April 20, 2010 The Huffington Post, April 20, 2010 The gag on the case of Anat Kamm, the former soldier who leaked classified military documents to Haaretz journalist Uri Blau, was lifted less than two weeks ago. Already the story is slipping from the radar. But the real issue at hand never got screen …

  • How foreign workers feel on Yom Ha’atzmaut

    The Jerusalem Post, April 16, 2010 Do you know Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day? The young woman, a caregiver from the Philippines, smiles, laughs, and shakes her head in response. “Ma?” (What?) says another. But these two migrant laborers have been in Israel less than a year. An informal survey conducted at the Central Bus …