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What I’ve Been Up To Lately
- mazel tov to @bluenatic and @grandstreet on the birth of their baby girl 2 weeks ago
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10/29/07
Israel's SS St. Louis
Haaretz reports,
Concern is growing about the well-being of the 48 African refugees, most of them Sudanese, who have been unaccounted for since they were detained by Egyptian security forces more than two months ago after being deported by the IDF to Sinai.
At least five of the detainees were deported back to Sudan, one was allegedly tortured in Egypt and, according to UN officials, the government of Hosni Mubarak is refusing to disclose where any of the people it imprisoned are.
The United Nations High Commission on Refugees confirmed Friday that the 48 expelled persons, including children, have been unaccounted for since their arrest by Egyptian authorities on August 19.
Tags: darfur, israel, refugees, sudan, sudanese
Alarming.
Israel can’t harbor a lot of refugees. However, it is a logical receiving point for Sudanese refugees. Multiple nations need to come together to afford them safe harbor, and then they could come to Israel and receive care and transport to safe countries. But treating them like criminals and deporting them to hostile nations compromises everything that Torah and Tradition stand for. “You shall not oppress the stranger . . .”
unacceptable.