why does israel treat sudanese refugees as criminals???

my my my, what is the government of my hebrew brethren thinking these days...

israel is party to the refugee convention and normally grants protection to asylum seekers within its framework...the convention is intended to be applied without regard for an asylum seeker’s country of origin...however, this has not been the case for sudanese asylum seekers, whom the state of israel considers “enemy nationals,” and prohibits from applying for asylum...unlike other asylum seekers, those considered enemy nationals are detained under an administrative order given by the ministry of defense--the "infiltration law,”...

wtf my old testament friends...

today more than 300 sudanese asylum-seekers are in limbo in israel...due to the risk of torture and ill-treatment, israel does not return Sudanese asylum seekers to egypt or sudan...however, they are not given protection in israel and are left in indefinite detention because they are deemed to be "enemy nationals,"...many of them are survivors of torture at the hands of sudanese security forces and are now held in indefinite detention in Israeli jails or on kibbutzim, communal farms....

you can take action right here, right now to urge the israeli government not to treat sudanese refugees as criminals - an action that violates the refugee convention ...

the sudanese asylum seekers are held in detention as infiltrators into israel, as if they had committed a criminal act...within the confines of jail they are held with criminal offenders, contravening the regulations set by the unhcr...women and children are being held at a battered women's shelter run by a ngo, and the children's education is paid by private donations...but many sudanese men are being released to alternative detention in kibbutzim, where their freedom of movement is restricted to the confines of the settlement and they are prohibited from talking to journalists or partaking in any activity not sanctioned by the authorities...

the sudanese who fled to israel need protection, but instead they are treated as criminals...act now and urge the government of israel to protect sudanese refugees...

peace out <3