Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel s environment reporter.
Members of the Hebrew Israelites Community of Dimona dance during festivities marking the Shavuot festival in the southern Israeli town of Dimona, May 26, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Hebrew Israelites Community of Dimona in southern Israel is launching a campaign, including a big event in Tel Aviv on May 20, aimed at derailing Interior Ministry attempts to deport dozens of people who had been seeking legal status to stay.
According to the ministry’s Population and Immigration Authority, 17 letters have been sent to 51 individuals, many of whom are single parents. The letters order them to leave the country within 60 days. Recipients have the right to appeal.
New World Passover Celebration of The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, May 20, 2009.
Members of the Hebrew community have been informed in recent days by the authorities that they must leave Israel within 60 days, following their rejected applications to the Interior Ministry to establish their status as permanent residents. The candidates for deportation have lived in Israel without an official status for years, and some were even born in the country. Similar requests from a large number of members of the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem (a.k.a. Black Hebrew Israelites) are still pending.
According to the Population Authority, the Black Hebrew community numbers about 2,000, but the community claims that the number is much higher â as high as 5,000. The Black Hebrews live mainly in Dimona, in southern Israel, but there are also clusters living in Yeruham, Mitzpe Ramon, Arad, Tel Aviv, and T’veria.
Effective Wednesday, April 7 at 8 am, entry restrictions are
relaxed. They are not eliminated.
Foreign non-citizen family members of Israelis will be allowed to apply for, and obtain, entry permits for various special circumstances, medical emergencies, deaths and for the purpose of visiting IDF lone soldiers. The special circumstances may include weddings, bar mitzvahs, births and circumcisions.
Proof of relationship will be made by checking the population registry and by presenting relevant notarized documents proving the family relationship.
Preliminary approval from the Population and Immigration Authority or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is required before boarding the flight.
One must have a negative PCR test result within 72 hours prior to leaving the country of origin and travelers must take a PCR test upon arrival to Israel.
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