Paris- Jerusalem- Haifa, June 3, 2008 - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member and partner organizations in Israel, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and Mosawa, are deeply concerned by a draft bill concerning refugees and asylum seekers which passed its preliminary reading in the Israeli Parliament by 21 votes to 1 last week.