Israel’s ‘Illegal’ Children

For most children summer is a carefree time. But for the children of Israel’s undocumented migrant workers, deportation looms on the horizon. It has been a hotly contested issue since last July, when the Oz Unit, a strong arm of the interior ministry’s...

Israel-born Kids of Pinoy Migrant Workers May Be Deported

Long-laid plans by Israel to deport children born in that country to Filipino migrant workers could be implemented anytime soon, according to Philippine Ambassador to Tel Aviv Petronila Garcia. Under Israeli law, migrant women workers who give birth in...

Why Pinoy Caregivers in Israel Refuse to Go Home

Even with perpetual threat of violence in the Gaza Strip, Filipinos still think it’s a better option to stay in Israel or Palestine than go back home in the Philippines. The bombing in neighboring Lebanon in 2006 has left about 1,000 people dead and...

4 Teams Vie for Crown in Jerusalem-Filipino Cage Tiff

JERUSALEM – Four teams battle for supremacy in the second annual Jerusalem Filipino Basketball League, which kicked off at the Strauss Gym here last Saturday (Oct. 10). Organized by a group of Filipino workers based in this historic Middle Eastern city,...