ISRAEL PROVIDES HAVEN TO DARFUR'S MUSLIM REFUGEES

Sudanese Seek Refuge in Israel from Darfur - Jennie Matthew
Collective farms in Israel such as Kibbutz Maagan Michael today shelter scores of Muslim refugees from Sudan who walked to the Jewish state to flee persecution. More than 100 Sudanese are staying at 20 different farms. Sharon Harel, a protection officer at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said there are 330 Sudanese refugees in Israel, 90 of them from Darfur. However, authorities fear that setting a precedent could encourage hundreds of thousands of non-Jews from neighboring enemy states to seek refugee. (Agence France-Presse)