Uganda

The dictator in the terminal: Idi Amin and the Entebbe hostage crisis, 50 years on

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Half a century after one of the most daring Israeli rescue operations, what were Ugandan President Idi Amin's movements and thoughts?

UGANDAN PRESIDENT Idi Amin wanted the world to see a mediator. The Israeli archive records the week when that mask began to slip.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) addresses his supporters during his reception after a military decoration ceremony at the Bombo grounds in Bombo, Luweero District, Uganda, October 10, 2022; illustrative.

Uganda's military chief orders shutdown of two major media outlets

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

State Archives releases thousands of documents for Entebbe rescue's 50th anniversary

Captives returning after the Entebbe Operation.

Beyond the Headlines: Fifty years since the Entebbe rescue - opinion


Israel's asylum seeker deadlock

With some 38,000 asylum seekers in Israel, the agreement with Uganda to accept 500 amounts to a drop in the ocean, and the government plan for mass deportations is on hold.

African asylum seekers wait to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

State to High Court: African migrant deportation negotiations stuck

The state on Sunday released over 200 migrants from the Saharonim detention center in the south due to the lack of a deal.

African migrants take part in a protest against Israel's detention policy toward them

Uganda considering Israeli request to take African migrants, minister says

In January, Israel started handing out notices to male migrants from Eritrea and Sudan giving them three months to take the voluntary deal with a plane ticket and $3,500 or risk being thrown in jail.

An African migrant wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust," I promise to remember... and never forget!" in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013.

State waffles before court on Uganda deportation deal

Representatives dodge questions as to whether there’s an agreement, admit 1,749 expelled there since 2015.

African migrants painted in white hold signs during a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport part of their community, in front of the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel February 7, 2018

State to High Court: Working toward migrant deportation deal to Uganda

The circumstances of the deal of the third country, widely reported to be Uganda, were not revealed.

African migrants in Tel Aviv

Israeli photographer on Sony competition shortlist

Tagar is the only Israeli included in the shortlist for the "professional" competition in the portraiture category, for a series entitled "Uganda's Vespa Club."

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Israel plans to deport LGBT asylum seekers to Rwanda and Uganda

“LGBT people are not part of the groups excluded [from deportation],” a Border Authority spokesperson said. “Each case will be examined on its merits.”

AFRICAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS hold signs during a protest against the Israeli government’s plan to deport part of their community.

Meretz MKs on 'emergency trip' to Rwanda to check on deported migrants

“We came here to expose to the Israeli public one of the greatest injustices in the history of the State of Israel."

A general view of Rwanda's capital Kigali, March 26, 2014

Population and Immigration Authority threatened over migrant deportation

Red paint was splattered across the doorway to the downtown Tel Aviv office with notes that read “It will not pass quietly, it’s only the beginning,” and “Their blood is on your hands."

Severed heads and red paint are found outside the entrance the Ministry of Economy office in Tel Aviv, January 2018

Rwanda, Uganda deny deal with Israel to take in asylum seekers

"Fake news," one Rwandan diplomat said of the deal.

CHILDREN OF migrant workers play on a Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day, marking the 65th anniversary of the creation of the state last year.