About 60,000 African migrants have arrived in Israel since 2006, fleeing unrest in their home countries. But upon arrival in the ostensibly democratic country, the migrants have faced intense persecution and have been branded as “infiltrators” by right-wing politicians and activists.
For more, read Max Blumenthal’s article, “Israel Cranks Up the PR Machine.”
David SheenDavid Sheen is a journalist, writer and filmmaker originally from Toronto, Canada, and now living in Dimona, Israel. He has worked as a staff reporter and editor for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and is now a contributor for various local, regional and international publications. His documentary on ecological architecture, First Earth, was published by PM Press in 2010, and he gave a lecture on that topic at TEDxJohannesburg later that same year. His website is www.davidsheen.com and he tweets at @davidsheen.
Max BlumenthalMax Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Huffington Post, the Independent Film Channel, Salon.com, Al Jazeera English and other publications. He is the author of the bestselling book Republican Gomorrah. His new book, just published, is Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel (Nation Books).