Refugees

Trump’s new travel ban will block ‘those in need of real refuge,’ American Jewish Committee says

The stance by one of the world’s largest Jewish organizations comes as some Jewish groups have signaled a growing unease with Trump’s policies.

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center board dinner at the White House this week. At least for the rest of the Trump term, and probably much longer, the US-Israel relationship will not be the same, says the writer.
 DISPLACED PALESTINIANS cook outside of a tent in Khan Yunis. The solution here is not forced ‘transfer’ or ‘expulsion’ but a moral, legal, and diplomatic plan, the writer maintains.

Israel should provide Gazans with the freedom to choose emigration - opinion

 A PALESTINIAN PUSHES a hand truck with food supplies inside a United Nations food distribution center in the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, last month.

How closing Arab refugee camps would undercut the global intifada - opinion

 THE STATUE of Liberty in New York Harbor: The tired, the poor, the ‘huddled masses yearning to breathe free’ are no longer welcome here, except for a handful of preferred white people, the writer argues.

Take back your tired, your poor - opinion


Disarming Palestinian factions top of Mahmoud Abbas's agenda on Lebanon trip - report

2025 will be the year in which all weapons in Lebanon are brought under state authority, President Aoun told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

 A VIEW of the entrance to the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, where fighting first broke out in July.

Pro-Palestinian shift: Expanding the Trump plan to 1948 refugees - opinion

Thanks to UNWRA, many descendants of Palestinians displaced in 1948 are still refugees throughout the Middle East.

 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas holds up maps of the Palestinian compromise, addressing the UN Security Council, in 2020. But after the 1947 Partition Plan, local Arab leaders encouraged Palestinian Arabs to flee, says the writer.

United Nations: The tragedy in Sudan must end ‘World’s largest humanitarian crisis’ - opinion

The UK, France, Germany, and the UN must lead to end the war in Sudan by taking and enforcing the following measures.

DISPLACED PEOPLE ride on an animal-drawn cart, following Rapid Support Forces attacks on the Zamzam displacement camp, in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, earlier this month. Zamzam, Sudan’s largest refugee camp, was bombarded by the RSF for months, with at least 300 killed between Zamzam an

Asylum seeker to launch podcast to explore African refugee experiences in Israel and beyond

The podcast, “Behind the Silence of Africa,” will highlight stories of Israel’s asylum seekers and their origins, as well as their community’s collective struggle.

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Israel appoints director to oversee 'voluntary emigration' of Palestinians from Gaza

Blitstein, currently Defense Ministry deputy director-general, previously served as director-general of the foreign ministry and energy ministry, respectively, among other senior positions.

 Kobi Blitstein, then-director general of the Ministry of Energy against backdrop of Gaza (illustration).

Rumors or reality? Egypt’s potential role in hosting Gazans - analysis

Egypt is one place where Gazans can move on land. Not only is there a border between Egypt and Gaza, but Egypt controlled Gaza from 1948 to 1967 and thus has a historic role in Gaza.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, during the emergency Arab summit organised by Egypt, in Cairo, March 4, 2025.

Palestinians should be resettled in Arab countries that expelled their Jews - opinion

Israel integrated Jews forced to join them from those Arab counties. If justice is to be done, those Palestinians should be relocated out of their refugee camps and resettled in those same countries.

 A flight from Aden, Yemen, to the newly formed State of Israel during Operation Magic Carpet, which brought thousands of Yemeni Jews to the Holy Land (1949-1950).

Trump should reject the long-accepted Palestinian narrative on indigeneity, refugeehood - opinion

After Trump’s bombshell remark concerning Gaza’s future, the next logical step for President Trump is to confront the half-truths and outright falsehoods of the Palestinian narrative.

 An illustrative image of US President Donald Trump superimposed over displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Asylum-seeking, refugee women in Israel endure higher poverty rates and exploitation - report

The report states that among asylum-seeking and refugee women, the poverty rate is twice that of men, reaching 64% compared to 33% for men.

 SOME OF THE thousands of asylum seekers, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, who are living in Tel Aviv.

Millionaire refugees: The charged debate over UNRWA’s defining policy and its future

UNRWA AFFAIRS: Who qualifies as a Palestinian refugee? And should this status be inherited indefinitely – even by millionaires?

 TODAY, UNRWA’S registry lists over six million refugees. Here, a Palestinian woman walks past a wall bearing the agency’s logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in southern Gaza.

From one war to another: Ukrainian refugees in Israel left without safety net, NGO report says

“The complex situation of refugees highlights the need for broader understanding and support," said ASSAF’s Coordinator of Mapping and Support for Ukrainian Refugees.

 Ukrainian refugees arrive in Israel on February 9, 2023