This report aims to be one of the first comprehensive reports that monitors the conditions of migrant detention centers in Israel. As the laws around detention have only grown stricter in recent years, it is not out of the realm of possibility that detention will continue to be a major tool in the Israeli government’s policy towards migrant-workers and asylum-seekers.
The Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Israel office sponsored the Israel premiere of „The Green Wave“, Germany 2010, directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi – a renowned documentary about the uprising in Iran following the presidential elections of 2009. The premier took place at this year's Jerusalem Film Festival on July 11, 2011 where it received an honorable mention by the festival jury.
Read more about the film and the screenings which took place in Israel»