Recently, Israel’s supreme court ruled unconstitutional a law allowing the mass arrest and incarceration of the Asylum Seekers seeking refuge from war-torn regions of Africa. Now, the Knesset is going to pass another law that tries to flout the ruling. Instead of mass arrests and imprisonment without trial with a jail sentence of 3 years, now it will just be 1 year. The prison in the Negev will further cost the Israeli public 440 million shekels and necessary firing 560 public sector jobs. Follow the link to join the campaign to spread the word - contacting embassies, ambassadors and Israeli parliament members in letting them know that we do not approve of this new bill! jewschool/2013/11/26/31225/action-alert-tell-israel-to-halt-bill-to-imprison-african-refugees/#sthash.o3ef2C8k.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 02:45:48 +0000