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


The untold stories of the Middle East’s Jewish refugees

I am just one of 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab lands and Iran who left, fled, or were expelled from the countries where they had lived, in many cases since the Babylonian period.

Dov Lipman and President Reuven Rivlin present a ID card to a new immigrant to Israel in July

European Union proposes additional €40 million of funding for UNRWA

In order to keep operating until the end of the year, the organization said it has to fill a gap of $185 million.

Palestinian schoolgirls queue at an UNRWA-run school, on the first day of a new school year, in Gaza City August 29, 2018

UNRWA schools and health centers will run out of funds by mid-October

In order to keep operating until the end of the year, the organization said it has to fill a gap of $185 million.

Palestinian schoolgirls queue at an UNRWA-run school, on the first day of a new school year, in Gaza City August 29, 2018

UNRWA schools and health centers will run out of funds by mid-October

In order to keep operating until the end of the year, the organization said it has to fill a gap of $185 million.

Palestinian schoolgirls queue at an UNRWA-run school, on the first day of a new school year, in Gaza City August 29, 2018

The last hurrah for proponents of deportation?

During the first three months of the year, public opposition to forced deportation snowballed as extensive media coverage of the issue enabled Israelis to become more aware.

African refugees hold up placades during a demonstatration on the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel

Eritrea-Ethiopia peace deal leads to new debate about migrants

Pro-migrant groups, including the UN, have said Eritreans cannot safely be sent back to Eritrea for fear of persecution under the country’s draconian draft laws.

An African migrant wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust," I promise to remember... and never forget!" in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013.

Deportation or integration: The different faces of south Tel Aviv

The migrant issue continues to ravage and divide south Tel Aviv. Is there hope for the future?

NAVEH SHA’ANAN is home to the massive central bus station – a center of pollution, noise, crime, drugs and human trafficking

Refugee says she will never regret leaving Jerusalem's Shuafat Camp

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is responsible for the camp and provides medical and food aid and education for refugees.

Children roll tires as they run along the Israeli security barrier wall in the east Jerusalem refugee camp of Shuafat on January 3, 2018.

Deri: Negotiations with UN on migrants continue

Last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled an agreement he had made with the Officer of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which he had advocated less than 24 hours before.

Eritreans protest homeland regime 370

Israel's asylum seeker deadlock

With some 38,000 asylum seekers in Israel, the agreement with Uganda to accept 500 amounts to a drop in the ocean, and the government plan for mass deportations is on hold.

African asylum seekers wait to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel