These past days Stratfor, a rather prestigious global intelligence journal based in Austin, Texas, has circulated a report entitled “Eritrea: Another Venue for the Iranian-Israeli Rivalry.” The uncharacteristic shallowness and obvious intent of the ‘report’ does not elicit any serious rebuttal. Yet, we found it appropriate to respond to it given the tsunami-scale reproduction... 

After eight days of camping on the border with Egypt, three of 21 stranded Eritreans given permission to proceed By YIFA YAAKOV and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF September 6, 2012, 6:50 pm Israeli soldiers stand guard on Tuesday as Eritrean asylum seekers sit on the ground behind a border fence, after they attempted to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel. (photo credit: AP/Ariel... 

An attacker has stabbed three Eritrean men in a Tel Aviv video store in what police said they were initially treating as a racist attack.   AFP "All three people that were stabbed were taken to hospital with light to moderate injuries," police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld told AFP. "A suspect who was in the video shop at the time fled the scene. Police are searching for him." He... 

  Submitted by esmart on Mon, 07/23/2012 – 17:03 “I served 17 years ago as ambassador to Ethiopia. One of the things I learned in the region is that lying is a justified means to achieve greater opportunities.” These are words of a senior Israeli diplomat on Africa, Ambassador Avi Granot, who is the head of the Africa Division in Israel's foreign ministry. He was responding... 

(AFP) JERUSALEM — An Eritrean man was badly burned and his heavily-pregnant wife suffered smoke inhalation early on Thursday after attackers tried to burn down their apartment in central Jerusalem, Israeli police said. The incident, the second such arson attack on African migrants in Jerusalem within six weeks, took place in a old building near the city's Mahane Yehuda market, police said. "Unknown... 

By YAAKOV LAPPIN 07/07/2012 22:11 Suspect identified by other Eritreans, police arrest man after dramatic pursuit. Photo: Ricardo Mallaco Police arrested a 28-year-old Eritrean national in south Tel Aviv's Tikva neighborhood Saturday on suspicion of murdering his wife last week.   The body of an 18-year-old Eritrean woman was recovered on Wednesday night near the central... 

  July 06, 2012 Elderly African Refugee Attacked And Beaten In Jerusalem A 68-year-old refugee from Eritrea man was reportedly seriously injured by drunk youths who beat the man on Agrippas Street near downtown Jerusalem early Friday morning. A 23-year-old man who tried help the man fend off his attackers was also beaten.   Elderly African Refugee Attacked And Beaten In Jerusalem Shmarya... 

  Jerusalem Post | By YONI DAYAN LAST UPDATED: 06/28/2012 14:39 Interior minister also announces Ivorians have 2 weeks to leave voluntarily before forced deportation.   Photo: Marc Israel Sellem Interior Minister Eli Yishai on Thursday called the situation in Eritrea better than in Sderot. Yishai's comments came hours after the interior ministry announced that migrants... 

Ambassador Tesfamariam Tekeste says Eritrea will not allow people who will 'sabotage the building of the state' to return. By Jonathan Lis | Jun.25, 2012 | 5:39 PM   Eritrea is demonized across the world the same way Israel is, the Eritrean ambassador to Israel said Monday during a Knesset committee meeting. Tesfamariam Tekeste, who spoke to the Knesset Committee on Foreign... 

Interview with Eritrean Ambassador to Israel Tesfamariam Tekeste  - VOA Tigrinia "Netanyahu orders swift deportation of 25,000 illegal African migrants Orders acceleration of holding facility construction for citizens of Eritrea and Sudan who cannot be deported due to conditions in their home countries." – Haaretz Click below for the Audio interview Audio clip: Adobe...