Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis in Israel, the plight of African asylum seekers, who are not entitled to assistance from the Israeli government, has been amplified.
For asylum seekers in Israel, the state's support systems are not a source of aid. Refugees are not eligible for Social Security or allowances and find it difficult to find guidelines in their language. So how can one deal with the coronavirus in such a reality?
An Israeli court ruled on Wednesday that Petah Tikva must register 129 children of asylum seekers for kindergarten after the city's municipality prevented them from enrolling under various bureaucratic pretenses in January.
As far back as she CAN REMEMBER, Orit Marom has been an activist.
In 1990, when she was 14, she and a friend pitched a tent in front of then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s official residence in Jerusalem to protest budget cuts for pensioners.
