"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing" By Konstantin Josef Jireček, a Czech historian, diplomat and slavist.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel was forcing 120 South Sudanese to leave the country on Sunday, starting what was to be a mass deportation of thousands of …
By Amy Tiebel AP South Sudanese migrant workers wave as they board a bus in the bus terminal in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 17, 2012 before leaving to Ben Gurion airport to leave for South Sudan. Israel is forcing 120 South Sudanese to leave the …
Residents of south Tel Aviv hold placards as they protest against African migrants living in their neighborhood. Sudanese protesters hold signs during a demonstration in Tel Aviv against the deportation of migrants from South Sudan.
A South Sudanese migrant waves his national flag as he waits to board a bus to Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, where they will be deported to south Sudan on June 17, 2012. Some 120 people from Southern Sudan will take the first flight back home as …
JERUSALEM: Israel was forcing 120 South Sudanese to leave the country on Sunday, starting what was to be a mass deportation of thousands of unauthorized African migrants who have poured into the Jewish state. Some 60000 impoverished Africans, …
* Israel lacks options on bulk of African migrants * Grateful Juba vows to recognise Jerusalem claim By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, June 17 (Reuters) – Israel launched a high-profile deportation drive against African migrants on Sunday with an airlift of …
African migrants protected by Israeli border police, background, look on to an anti-African migrant protest, not seen, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Ariel Schalit, AP) This up-to-date guide to Israel and the Palestinian territories includes a history chapter …
In a report late last month, the International Monetary Fund described the economic challenges the South Sudan faces as “daunting.” (Reuters) By AFP Iman is grateful at least that she is healthy. But the Sudanese mother of two says she struggles to …
By REUTERS The South Sudanese government supports Israel’s decision to send illegal migrants back to South Sudan. Formally independent from Sudan since last July, the African country received clandestine Israeli help for decades prior and counts on …
By BEN HARTMAN First plane carrying 120 South Sudanese migrants set to leave Israel; deadline to voluntarily leave country extended. The Population, Immigration and Borders Authority (PIBA) began loading South Sudanese migrants onto buses in cities …
Speaking ahead of first flight of deported South Sudanese migrants, premier says Israel has to uphold a Jewish tradition of treating foreigners with dignity. By Barak Ravid | Jun.17, 2012 | 12:21 PM By Roy Arad | Jun.17,2012 | 12:21 PM By Yaniv …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Israel’s handling of the deportation of illegal aliens on Sunday stressing that the state will “act in a humane manner.” Infiltrators will no longer be transported to Tel Aviv and instead be immediately placed …
By HERB KEINON, REUTERS Netanyahu outlines plan on migrants hours before 1st group of S. Sudanese fly back to country of origin. S. Sudan supports “return.” With heart-rending scenes of police rounding up frightened African migrants on the nightly news …
By ALAN BOSWELL NAIROBI, Kenya — Along a road littered with bodies, South Sudan marched north in mid-April to capture a Sudanese oil field that both countries claim. By the time South Sudan withdrew from Heglig 10 days later, it had damaged more than …
By JPOST.COM STAFF Ahead of the departure of 120 South Sudanese migrants, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday morning that the migrants will be returned to their country in a organized and dignified manner. Speaking at the beginning of the …
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