Abrahim Baballah Ula Baballah Ahmad Baballah v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

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• holding that petitioner’s own belief and persecutors’ use of the derogatory slur “goy” satisfied the “on account of’ prong
• observing that severe harassment, threats, violence and discrimination made it virtually impossible for Israeli Arab to earn a living
• finding that substantial economic deprivation that constitutes a threat to life or freedom may constitute persecution
• finding that substantial economic deprivation that constitutes a threat to life or freedom may constitute persecution
• observing that severe harassment, threats, violence and dis- crimination made it virtually impossible for Israeli Arab to earn a living
• noting that “our precedent precludes relief” from “persecution solely on account of an economic motive”

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