Overviews | Reports | Articles | Rallies | Speakers | Interviews I have been carefully chronicling the racist attacks against non-Jewish African asylum-seekers in Israel for several years. In January 2012, an organization in Israel that aids African asylum-seekers, the African Refugee Development Center, asked me to author on their behalf a report to the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). After receiving the report in text and video form, the UN committee urged the Israeli government to prevent racist attacks against Africans in Israel. The Israeli government ignored the UN's call, and the following month, Israelis firebombed a kindergarten for African children in Tel Aviv, igniting a wave of violence against non-Jewish African people in Israel that is still ongoing. Below are links to my UN report, published articles about the persecution of Africans in Israel, footage from five years of anti-African rallies, and extended one-on-one interviews with key players in the unfolding drama. Video Overviews of Anti-African Racism January 2012 Africans in Israel 3-minute trailer for the hour-long documentary video "Racism Report: Africans in Israel" prepared for the United Nations January 2012 Racism Report: Africans in Israel Report for the African Refugee Development Center (ARDC) to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) June 2012 Defend African Refugees in Israel 5-minute compilation of footage from the street rallies in favor of, and opposed to, the presence of non-Jewish African asylum-seekers in Israel October 2012 Israelis Against "Race-Mixing" Israeli describes his opposition to interracial relationships, with slideshow of historic anti-miscegenation documents October 2012 How Many Refugees in Israel? Jewish leaders are asked the number of non-Jewish people accepted by Israel as refugees, with startling answers November 2012 Murder In Their Eyes At a Tel Aviv anti-African rally, an Israeli woman claims Africans threaten her with "murder". Is there any truth to this claim? September 2013 Israel's True Colors an interview with artist Zoya Cherkassky about mixed-race and mixed-religion families and immigration to the State of Israel October 2013 Israel's New Racism Made with Max Blumenthal for The Nation, an 11-minute overview of the treatment of African refugees by Israel's government & its citizens April 2014 Israel's War on Africans 72-minute slideshow given at colleges and communities across the United States and Canada about Israel's treatment of Africans November 2014 Israel's War on Africans 2 14-minute slideshow, part of a presentation given at US & Canadian colleges, but focusing only on Israel's treatment of asylum-seekers April 2015 Israel's War on Africans 3 24-minute slideshow, part of a presentation given at US & Canadian colleges, but focusing only on Israel's treatment of asylum-seekers November 2015 Israel's War on Africans 4 14-minute slideshow, part of a presentation given at US & Canadian colleges, but focusing only on Israel's treatment of asylum-seekers October 2015 Operation African Wild Ass Expose of a long-forgotten Israeli Air Force mission that sheds new light on Israel's treatment of Ethiopian Jews June 2015 Behind Enemy Lines 1: Ethiopian-Israelis Web chat between Black Lives Matter activists in the USA & their Ethiopian-Israeli counterparts August 2015 Behind Enemy Lines 2: African Hebrew Israelites Web chat between Black Lives Matter activists in the USA & their African Hebrew Israelite counterparts United Nations Committee Written Reports January 2012 ARDC Alternative Report submitted to UN Alternative report submitted by the African Refugee Development Center to the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 2012 Concluding Observations of United Nations Committee Response of the UN Committee condemning racism specifically against African asylum-seekers and other groups in Israel Articles about Anti-African Racism July 2016 #BlackLivesMatter, Israel and the fight against racism On the Ethiopian protests in Israel, Black Lives Matter protests in the USA, and the missing puzzle piece that can connect them: Palestinians July 2016 Ethiopians protest in Israel, call for end to state racism and police violence Community renews protests in Tel Aviv two years after the death of Yosef Salamsa, an Ethiopian-Israeli victim of police brutality March 2016 Ethiopian-Israeli Activist Accuses State of Institutional Racism and Genocide Scheduled to speak at a prestigious conference, Ethiopian-Israeli activist delivers a fiery speech and walks out of the event December 2015 The ethnic cleansing of Africans in Israel 2015's top ten list of the Israeli officials most responsible for the persecution of non-Jewish African asylum-seekers - and why October 2015 Operation African Wild Ass Expose of a long-forgotten Israeli Air Force mission that sheds new light on Israel's treatment of Ethiopian Jews September 2015 Racism in Arad: Mayor declares southern Israeli town off-limits to Africans Locals respond to the decision by the mayor of Arad to bar non-Jewish African refugees from moving to town June 2015 How the Israeli Government Is Increasingly Trying to Stifle Speech on the Internet to Prevent Accusations of Racism A black woman who complained of racism in an Israeli government office was publicly shamed for doing so May 2015 African solidarity: The Hebrew Community of Dimona visits the Holot detention center [HEBREW] On the anti-racist struggles by various African communities in Israel & on the burgeoning signs of solidarity between them May 2015 African communities in Israel escalate anti-racist struggles On the anti-racist struggles by various African communities in Israel & on the burgeoning signs of solidarity between them May 2015 Do #BlackLivesMatter in Israel? Ethiopian Jews protest racism and police brutality Just as African-American activists are decrying anti-Black brutalities by the police, so their African-Israeli counterparts May 2015 Baltimore is confronting police brutality, but the systemic racism of its Israeli sister city remains unchallenged Is there a connection between Baltimore's #BlackLivesMatter protests and race relations in the city of Ashkelon? May 2015 Ethiopian-Israelis Protest Police Brutality, But Do Black Lives Matter in Israel If They're Not Jews? How are Jewish Africans treated in Israel compared to non-Jewish Africans and compared to Palestinians? April 2015 Israel's abuse of African refugees exposes Zionism's xenophobia An analysis of how Israel is treating its first wave of non-Jewish immigrants necessitates a look at American refugee aid and Israeli arms sales December 2014 Racist Ringleaders 2014: Israel's anti-African dragnet tightens A top ten list of the Israeli officials most responsible for the persecution of non-Jewish African asylum-seekers - and why June 2014 Where Was God When Israel Deported African Refugees? Most religious leaders in Israel want all African refugees gone, but this ultra-Orthodox woman wants them to receive asylum June 2014 What does Israel's war on African asylum-seekers look like? My slideshow on Israel's war on Africans is translated into Hebrew, in the hope that it might convince some Israelis June 2014 Love in the Time of Israel's War on Africans In Israel, questioning a human rights advocate about their living arrangements is an effort to flush out race-traitors May 2014 Donald Sterling's Comments Shed Light on the Plight of Israel's African Refugees Comment "blacks are just treated like dogs" in Israel is ignored in the mainstream media April 2014 Israel's War on African Refugees On the 2-year anniversary of the firebombing of an African nursery in Tel Aviv, I release my new 72-minute documentary Febuary 2014 Do Americans want to know that Israel is waging war on Africans? I announce my 22-stop 2014 speaking tour of North America about Israel's treatment of African asylum-seekers January 2014 African Asylum-Seekers Go on Strike in Israel A recap of the week-long #StrikeForFreedom by tens of thousands of African asylum-seekers in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and across Israel December 2013 Africans Demand Their Freedom In Israel A recap of the first week of what may become the first real black civil rights struggle in Israel, led by African asylum-seekers December 2013 Racist ringleaders 2013: Israel's war on Africans intensifies A top ten list of the Israeli officials most responsible for the persecution of non-Jewish African asylum-seekers - and why December 2013 Race, Religion & Rounding Up Africans in Israel The Israeli government's hostility to immigrants from Africa is not a new phenomenon; it goes back decades December 2013 Israel violates international norms over African refugees How do Israel's policies towards asylum-seekers compare to the policies of other countries? November 2013 Resistance to Reporting in Israel My reflections on the hostile and sometimes violent reactions that I receive when I report on anti-African racism in Israel October 2013 Meet the Israeli who vows to keep going to jail until Africans are released Ido Naveh says he'll continue to stage non-violent protests outside Israel's desert detention camp until all asylum seekers held within it are freed October 2013 Smoking While Black, Having a Cookout While Black African refugees are so demonized in Israel that an armed soldier says he fears for his life when he sees a black man smoking a cigarette September 2013 For Refugees, Even Ethiopians Are Wolves An African fighting for refugee rights bemoans the lack of solidarity between Jewish and non-Jewish Africans in Israel September 2013 Israel's True Colors An interview with artist Zoya Cherkassky about mixed-race and mixed-religion families and immigration to the State of Israel July 2013 When Racism Isn't A Cause For Shame A single 24-hour period of Israeli political and religious leaders making racist statements demonstrates their confidence June 2013 Attack in Tel Aviv: 'Jewish girls do not go out with Blacks!' Racist attacks on Africans & their partners are common in Tel Aviv; not all the victims document the horror this well in English May 2013 A year in review: Anti-African racism in Israel Comprehensive overview of Israel's persecution of non-Jewish African asylum-seekers between November 2012 and May 2013 April 2013 Liberal Zionism at 65: Fantasy and reality A mental exercise imagining what Israel could look like if it was really a liberal democracy - and comparing that vision to the grim reality March 2013 Beware of defending the lesser of 2 evils A response to Sudanese anti-slavery activist Simon Deng, who argues that Israel's racist treatment of non-Jewish people should be ignored December 2012 The dirty dozen: Israel's racist ringleaders A top twelve list of the Israeli officials most responsible for the persecution of non-Jewish African asylum-seekers - and why November 2012 Israel Builds Camps To Round Africans Into Comprehensive overview of Israel's persecution of non-Jewish African asylum-seekers between August and October 2012 September 2012 Israel's Race to the Top Analysis of the root causes of anti-African racism in Israeli society and the power of the anti-miscegenation lobby July 2012 After the Pogrom, Israel's War On Africans After full scale anti-African race riots in Tel Aviv, Israel moves quickly to deport as many African asylum-seekers as possible. May 2012 Timeline: AfriKristallnacht My Twitter timeline of live-tweeting from May 22, the night before the anti-African pogrom in Tel Aviv, to May 29, a week after the pogrom May 2012 Israeli Anti-Racism Neutralized by 'Social Justice' An analysis of why some Israelis want efforts directed towards inter-Jewish solidarity rather than towards combating anti-African racism April 2012 Proto-Pogrom Against Africans in Israel A summary of what happened in the 3 months between the Report to the United Nations and the firebomb attacks in April 2012 January 2012 Anti-Racism & Jewish Privilege In Israel Live-tweets from a planning meeting of an "anti-racism rally" reveal that most Israelis won't oppose racism against non-Jews September 2011 USA, 1950? South Africa, 1980? No - Israel, 2011 Some say Israelis can't be racist because the country include Black Jews. But how are those Black Jews treated? April 2011 Recalling their show of strength 25 years after a pivotal hand-off, African Israelites recall the Israeli government's efforts to expel them from the country March 2011 Israelis who would deport refugee children Do politicians convince the population to be racist? Or are they just following the will of the people who are racist already? Videos of Pro- & Anti-African Street Rallies August 25, 2015 Arad: Off-Limits to Africans Residents of the southern city of Arad comment on their mayor's decision to ban African refugees from entering town July 31, 2015 Hyde Park Lewinsky Community forum for African refugees & veteran residents of South Tel Aviv is protested by Israelis demanding that all refugees be expelled May 24, 2015 African Solidarity at Holot African Hebrew Israelites & African Bedouin Palestinians make a solidarity visit to African asylum-seekers held by Israel in a desert detention center January 4, 2015 Protest Against Racist Police Brutality in Israel Family & friends of a Jewish African who died mysteriously after being abused by police march to protest racist police brutality in Israel October 5, 2014 Israelis: 'Ni&&ers go home!' After Israel's High Court struck down anti-African legislation for a 2nd time, citizens march through south Tel Aviv calling for Africans to be expelled June 27, 2014 African Refugees Make A Run For The Border African asylum-seekers march out of a desert detention center and try to cross into United Nations territory but are rebuffed by Israeli forces January 22, 2014 Solidarity with African Asylum-Seekers Photo slideshow from local African asylum-seekers protests & over a dozen international solidarity protests held on the same day January 22, 2014 African Refugee March To Canadian Embassy As Canada's Prime Minister visits Israel, Africans rally at the its Tel Aviv embassy, asking for help to secure their refugee rights January 15, 2014 Israelis Who Hate Israelis Who Don't Hate Africans Israeli fascist group Im Tirtzu organizes an anti-African rally as asylum-seekers conduct a campaign to secure their freedom January 15, 2014 African Women & Children #MarchForFreedom Thousands of African women and children march through Tel Aviv to the UN offices and the American Embassy, demanding refugee rights January 8, 2014 #StrikeForFreedom: Day 4 On Day Four of their #StrikeForFreedom, ten thousand African asylum-seekers rally outside the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jeruaslem January 7, 2014 #StrikeForFreedom: Day 3 On Day Three of their #StrikeForFreedom, representatives of the African asylum-seeker community hold a press conference in Tel Aviv January 6, 2014 #StrikeForFreedom: Day 2 On Day Two of their #StrikeForFreedom, tens of thousands of African asylum-seekers rally outside the American Embassy in Tel Aviv January 5, 2014 #StrikeForFreedom: Day 1 On Day One of their #StrikeForFreedom, tens of thousands of African asylum-seekers rally outside Tel Aviv City Hall (Rabin Square) December 28, 2013 Silent #MarchForFreedom After Israel begins to round African asylum-seekers off the streets of Tel Aviv and into jail, the community holds a "silent" march to City Hall December 21, 2013 Freedom! Africans in Israel demand it After the refugees from the March For Freedom were all taken back to jail, thousands of Africans run through the streets of Tel Aviv, demanding freedom December 17, 2013 Refugee March For Freedom African asylum-seekers march for days to reach Jerusalem and demand refugee rights in front of the Prime Minister's Office October 8, 2013 Africans Out Of Tel Aviv... & Dimona Speaker includes African Americans who came to Israel in the 1970's among those he wants the government to flush out of Israeli cities September 17, 2013 Israelis Angry At Court Ruling On Africans After Israel's High Court struck down anti-African legislation, residents of south Tel Aviv block an intersection to vent their anger at the decision December 31, 2012 In with the New Year, Out with the Africans After a New Year's Eve anti-African rally, right-wing activists march through Tel Aviv humiliating any African person they come across December 19, 2012 Israelis Want Africans Out Veteran Israelis protest the setting up of winter tents in a south Tel Aviv park for homeless people, mainly African asylum-seekers December 10, 2012 Anti-African Chanukah Rally #2 Knesset Members hold a holiday candle-lighting ceremony / political rally / kick-out-the-Africans protest in south Tel Aviv October 28, 2012 Israelis vs. Africans Jewish Israelis say reducing the rate of Africans entering the country is not enough and demand the expulsion of all asylum-seekers October 18, 2012 Eritreans Protest Israeli Persecution Eritrean asylum-seekers protest against the government's plan to round them up into an internment camp imminently October 14, 2012 Sudanese Protest Israeli Persecution Sudanese asylum-seekers protest against the government's plan to round them up into an internment camp imminently July 28, 2012 Lesson of the Holocaust: Grant Asylum Descendants of Holocaust survivors protest the Israeli government's persecution of non-Jewish African asylum-seekers July 28, 2012 Holocaust Survivor & African Refugees A Holocaust survivor describes his horror upon learning of the living conditions of African asylum-seekers in Israel June 10, 2012 Africans in Israel Demand Refugee Rights March by African asylum-seekers to the United Nations Refugee Agency offices in Tel Aviv May 30, 2012 Still African - Jewish or Not Tel Aviv rally demanding the expulsion of all non-Jewish African people verbally and physically attacks an Ethiopian Jewish Israeli man May 23, 2012 Unsafe for Africans in Israel The effects of an anti-African race riot in Tel Aviv are still felt a week after the fact May 22, 2012 Rape Culture in Israel Anti-African demonstrators call for people who do not agree with them to be raped, as a Member of Knesset looks on and smiles May 22, 2012 Not Racist? May You Be Raped! A lone Israeli woman who does not agree with a crowd who wants to deport all non-Jewish African asylum-seekers is shouted down with ferocity March 17, 2012 Sudanese Protest Israel Deportation The South Sudanese community holds a protest in Tel Aviv, pleading that they be allowed to stay in Israel until their situation improves January 10, 2011 Protest: Israel criminalizes refugees Israelis block vehicular traffic outside Tel Aviv City Hall after the government passes a law criminalizing refugees. December 11, 2011 Anti-African Rally in Tel Aviv White Jewish Israelis march through a mainly African area of Tel Aviv, demanding their immediate deportation. September 1, 2011 Racial segregation in Israeli schools Ethiopian-Israelis & Russian-Israelis protest racial segregation in state-sponsored schools in Petach Tikvah. April 6, 2011 South Tel Aviv is on fire White Jewish Israelis march through a mainly African area of Tel Aviv, demanding their immediate deportation. March 4, 2011 Feelings for Foreigners Demonstration against the deportation of children of foreign workers elicits a counter-protest calling for expulsion of non-Jews. Israeli Leaders Filmed Speaking About Race March 19, 2013 Campaign For A Jew-Only Sderot Rabbi explains how he successfully pressured Israelis to stop renting apartments to non-Jewish African refugees April 15, 2012 Yishai To Non-Jews: Wipe Our Butts & Don't Have Kids Israel's Interior Minister Eli Yishai says foreigners may perform the most demeaning labor, but may not procreate in the country April 15, 2012 Fear & Loathing Of All Non-Jews Fence For Life lobby group chair Ilan Tsion says non-Jewish people may not be allowed into Israel because they all want to kill all Jews April 15, 2012 Rabbi Aspires To Jewish Dominion Kiryat Arba settlement Chief Rabbi Dov Lior says Jewish law mandates that non-Jewish people may not have any positions of authority in Israel June 23, 2011 Eli Yishai: There's a Jewish Gene Israel's Interior Minister Eli Yishai says scientists hold that being Jewish is actually a genetic condition that is passed down from mother to child June 23, 2011 Ne'eman: Africans Can't Become Jews Israel's Justice Minister says Africans can't be allowed to convert to Judaism because they would then have the right to become citizens 1-on-1 Video Interviews about Anti-African Racism 1 - From Darfur to Israel Asylum-seeker Jacob Berry explains how he escaped persecution in Sudan and Egypt and made it to Israel 2 - From Darfur to Israel Asylum-seeker Jacob Berry discusses the racial discrimination he is exposed to in Israel 3 - From Darfur to Israel Asylum-seeker Jacob Berry describes how the African community can respond to hostile actions by Israel What Eritrea Has Become Eritrean activist Meron Estefanos on how Eritrea has become a dictatorship, causing many of its best and brightest to flee the country 1 - You'd Think Because It Happened To Them Eritrean activist Meron Estefanos on how Eritreans suffer heinous tortures in Egypt and yet are given no refugee rights when they reach Israel 2 - You'd Think Because It Happened To Them Eritrean activist Meron Estefanos on her disappointment upon learning the Israeli government incites racism against African asylum-seekers There's No Such Thing As Screwing Over Just 1 Group Assaf spokesperson Orit Marom on how Israeli government policy hurts African asylum-seekers & Israeli citizens, as well How Israel's Government Treats African Refugees Assaf spokesperson Orit Marom on Israel's January 2012 Anti-Infiltration Law and the Sinai torture camps How the Israeli People Treat African Refugees Assaf spokesperson Orit Marom on the level of racism Africans are subjected to and the internal Israeli discourse on race You Would Think Because Of What We Went Through Former Assaf social worker Bracha Shapiro on her shock upon learning about the treatment of African refugees by many Jewish groups in Israel Working With African Torture Victims In Israel Former Assaf social worker Bracha Shapiro on the work she did with African asylum-seekers in Israel who were victims of horrific torture The Poor People Of Your Town Come First Former Assaf social worker Bracha Shapiro on common arguments made by Israelis who are unsympathetic to the plight of African asylum-seekers 1 - How Israel Vilifies Africans Community activist Dr. Rami Gudovitch explains how Israelis' attitudes towards Africans went from bad to worse 2 - How Israel Abuses Africans Community activist Dr. Rami Gudovitch lists a litany of indignities he has witnessed Israelis visit upon Africans 3 - How Israel Expels Africans Community activist Dr. Rami Gudovitch describes how Israel sent Africans to a place where their chances of survival are low Jewish Obligations to African Refugees Ido Naveh explains how he came to the conclusion that he must risk his own freedom to obtain the same freedom for African refugees in Israel Occupy Saharonim Ido Naveh explains how he fights for the freedom of African refugees in Israel using civil disobedience and the philosophy of non-violence Cause of Crime in South Tel Aviv Ido Naveh explains the true cause of crime in South Tel Aviv, often blamed on African refugees as an excuse to justify deporting them Fighting For Refugee Rights (1) African asylum-seeker Mutassim Ali recounts the circumstances that caused him to flee his native Darfur in Sudan and cross into Israel Fighting For Refugee Rights (2) African asylum-seeker Mutassim Ali recounts how he was treated after he fled his native Darfur in Sudan and crossed into Israel Veronique, political refugee in Israel Veronique speaks about the hardships of being a political refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Israel Food Not Racism Israeli activist Orly Feldheim discusses the Lewinsky soup kitchen which served the African refugee community in Tel Aviv Our own story in the mirror Israeli activist Orly Feldheim discusses the terrible irony of Israelis mistreating non-Jewish African refugees Love in the time of . . . "Average Israeli" Mai Liberkaz speaks about the harassment she and her partner endure in Israel because he is a non-Jewish African asylum-seeker Ben-Ari: Israel Caused "Slaughter" in Africa for Money National Union MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari accuses the Israeli government of selling weapons that destroy the lives of innocent African people Zahalka: Give Africans Full Rights National Democratic Alliance (BALAD) MK Jamal Zahalka explains his position on African asylum-seekers who have entered Israel History of South Tel Aviv Architect and author Sharon Rotbard discusses the history of how south Tel Aviv was settled and developed Demography of Israel Professor Jonathan Anson of Ben Gurion University in Be'er Sheva speaks about Israel's "demographic policies" and those of other countries Israel's Ethiopian Jewish Immigration Social anthropologist Esther Herzog speaks about the topic of her doctorate thesis, the absorption of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel Why were the black Jews the last to arrive in Israel? Dr. Chen Tannenbaum-Domanovitz discusses her research into how the Israeli government discussed Ethiopian Jews prior to their arrival in Israel What did anthropologists think of Ethiopian Jews? Scholar & blogger Hananya Vanda details how scribes described Ethiopian Jews prior to the 20th century Why didn't Ethiopian Jews immigrate to Israel earlier? Scholar & blogger Hananya Vanda exposes how the Israeli government prevented the immigration of Ethiopian Jews for decades How are Ethiopian Jews marginalized in Israel? Scholar & blogger Hananya Vanda explains 3 factors contributing to repression of Ethiopian Jews in Israel Evolution: from racist to anti-racist Activist Inbar Bugala recounts her origins and her political path, leading up to the recent Ethiopian-Israeli protests Israel's crimes against Ethiopians Part 1: Tehune Maharat, cousin of the late victim of police brutality Yosef Salamsa, lists Ethiopian-Israeli grievances against the government Israel 2015: Ethiopian Spring Part 2: Tehune Maharat's 1st-person account of the Ethiopian protests in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in April/May 2015 Israel denies its anti-blackness Part 3: Tehune Maharat explains how she finds that most white citizens are unwilling to admit that anti-black racism even exists in Israel Zionism after the Ethiopian protests Part 4: Tehune Maharat on how Israel's rejection of Ethiopian protestors' demands are leading some of those protestors to reject Zionism Sick & tired of racism in Israel 25-year-old Ester explains why she joined the Ethiopian-Israeli protests against systemic racism & police brutality Between racism & Jewish supremacy 25-year-old Ester explains why is one of the only Ethiopian-Israelis who publicly support the African refugee struggle Israel vs. Ethiopians Lawyer and community activist Emmanuel Melese Hadana chronicles the history of the Ethiopian Jews and the racism they face in Israel Seeking asylum in Israel Lawyer and community activist Emmanuel Melese Hadana talks about the relationship between Ethiopian Jews and non-Jewish African people Israel's N-word African-American-Israeli Llyana explains how Israelis use the Hebrew word "Kushi" like U.S. racists use the N-word Black bodies in Dimona Shocking story of how African Hebrew Israelites were treated when they arrived in Israel, both in life and in death Black faces on Israeli TV In recent years, some black people have been chosen to publicly represent Israel. Is this a sign of racial progress or not? The Power of Definition African-American-Israeli Savannah Johnson explains how Israelis use the Hebrew word "Kushi" like U.S. racists use the N-word