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Israeli Gag Order Prohibits Identifying Israeli Child and Filipino Mother Whom Ministry Seeks to Deport

August 28, 2019 by Richard Silverstein 5 Comments

Last month, Israel’s Internal Affairs ministry (the Israeli equivalent of ICE) arrested a Filipino migrant worker (English coverage) and her 12-year-old Israeli-born son, Ophresina and Michael James Cuenca.  Officials announced they intended to deport the two back to her birthplace in the Philipines.  The boy has special needs, has never been to the Philipines, does […]

Golda Meir to Poland: We Don’t Want Sick or Disabled Holocaust Survivors

January 19, 2018 by Richard Silverstein 12 Comments

NOTE: Of course, I’m grateful to the readers who provide important financial support for this blog and the painstaking research and writing that goes into it. If you already offer such support, you have my gratitude.  The rest of this Note does not apply to you. But frankly, I’ve been underwhelmed at the level of […]

Aliyah Down from France, U.S.; Social Rifts Widening Within Israel

April 5, 2017 by Richard Silverstein 9 Comments

Haaretz published new figures concerning Israeli immigration which show that in the first three months of 2017, aliyah decreased markedly from both the U.S. and France, two of the largest Jewish Diaspora communities.  It was down by 25% in the U.S. and 29% in France.  This contrasts with vocal predictions from Israeli leaders that not […]

Donald Trump’s Grandfather Was German Deportee, Welcomed to America

March 6, 2016 by Richard Silverstein 8 Comments

I was recently astonished to learn that my own home of Seattle played a prominent role in the Trump family saga. Politico reported recently on the sordid, but fascinating family history of Donald Trump.  Specifically, his grandfather, Friedrich–whose name, earlier in family history had been Drumpf–who first emigrated to the U.S. at age 16 in 1885.  As […]

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