Refugees in israel

Tekuma region population grows 10% past pre-October 7 levels as 90% of residents return

Alongside the return of residents who were evacuated, thousands of new residents have moved to the region since October 7.

Israeli families from kibbutz Nir Oz who's houses were burned in the October 7 massacre, visit their old homes before they're destroyed in order to be rebuilt. August 30, 2026.
Protests against illegal immigration in Tel Aviv.

Decapitated mannequins placed at houses of judges, Tel Aviv mayor, in protest of illegal immigrants

 A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA following an Israeli raid in Gaza City, on July 12, 2024.

UNRWA operations in east Jerusalem set to end, concerns continue

 Posing outside the Dan Jerusalem Hotel (L-R): Herzl Shriki and his daughter Tamar, Shelly Dadia, Leah and Marc Hersch, Shalom Chayut, and Yosef Tzarfati.

Home Sweet (not) Home: The displaced residents of northern Israel


Taking in African refugees is a privilege

The debate about African migrants in Israel kicked off as early as 2005 when asylum seekers began making the treacherous journey through the Sinai desert into Israel.

African migrants gesture behind a fence during a protest against Israel's detention policy towards them

Rwanda, Uganda deny deal with Israel to take in asylum seekers

"Fake news," one Rwandan diplomat said of the deal.

CHILDREN OF migrant workers play on a Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day, marking the 65th anniversary of the creation of the state last year.

Shuafat: The refugee camp in the heart of Jerusalem

A concrete jungle of massive buildings surrounds dirt roads with no sidewalks, and the smell of burned garbage hovers over the narrow streets.

A general view picture shows the Israeli barrier running along the East Jerusalem refugee camp of Shuafat

Comment: Remembering the ethnic cleansing of the Middle East's Jews

This is the untold story of the Jewish forgotten refugees. These Jews, who survived ethnic cleansing and were systematically expelled, were now forgotten.

Yemenite Jews in Ma'abarot (Absorption Camp) Rosh Ha-Ayin in 1949

Govt., not refugees, to blame for South Tel Aviv slums, residents say

“These people are not looking for problems; they wanted to flee violence and work hard to support themselves. Where is the humanity?”

AN AFRICAN MIGRANT street vendor waits for customers in South Tel Aviv in July.

The power of soccer

Can the popular sport be leveraged to resolve conflict?

An Israeli youngster passes the ball to a child from an African asylum-seeking family; in the Inter Campus soccer program, Israelis, Palestinians and Africans are all teammates

Netanyahu: It is time to deport African migrants

Netanyahu was discussing an initiative announced last week by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan and Interior Minister Arye Deri to close Holot, an “open” detention center.

African migrants sit at the Holot open detention center in the Negev in Southern Israel

Strangers in a Strange Land

The Jerusalem Post

NGO says govt. shirking responsibility to Eritrean and Sudanese refugees

The Interior Ministry is reviewing only a fraction of the 3,300 annual applications that the High Court requested it evaluate.

Sudanese and Eritreans in Israel protest their treatment in front of the Knesset

L’école de l’espoir

Un centre d’études pour migrants africains tente de renverser le cours de la fatalité

Des réfugiés à l'issue de leur cursus au sein de SchoolHouse