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Migrant workers celebrate the New Year far from home

By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10

Tags: migrant workers, Sudanese

Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for January 2, 2008.

Six hours before the new year, Melissa was flyering at the Central Bus Station for a party she was helping throw that night in southern Tel Aviv.

Melissa is one of hundreds of thousands migrant workers who will celebrate New Year in Israel, far from home.

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1.	Great, lets encourage them to convert to Judaism	04:10	\|	David	03/01/08

2.	MIGRANT WORKERS	08:31	\|	Noam	03/01/08

3.	# 1 David are you on something	10:24	\|	SJ	03/01/08

4.	GOYIM IN HOLYLAND????	13:12	\|	VOICE of MOSHIACH)))	03/01/08

5.	strangers that dwell in israel forbidden to worship other gods	17:46	\|	yahn goodey	03/01/08

6.	# 4 and # 5 ORRRR LE GOYIM!!!!!!	19:24	\|	Noam	03/01/08

7.	Israel is worse of than I thought	22:10	\|	Jan	03/01/08

8.	Jan - you are correct, but...	22:51	\|	efman	03/01/08

9.	The boot is on the other foot	00:42	\|	A Continental	04/01/08

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