Al-Crapeeza decries Israel’s racism against Ethiopians.
Some 2000 Ethiopian Jews have protested in Jerusalem against what they see as racism by the Isreali government.
The immigrants demonstrated on Sunday outside Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s offices as part of a campaign to persuade the government to allow their relatives to join them in Israel.
Trust Al-Crapeeza to attempt to portray Israel in the worst possible light, even though Operation Moses and Operation Solomon are a testament to Israel’s regard for Jews of all colors. When was the last time an Arab nation did something similar? Have the Arab states who claim to care deeply for the PLO Arabs ever tried to integrate them into their own societies? Of course not, and their treatment of their “brothers” is generally deplorable.
It would be remiss of me to neglect to mention that some prejudice does exist in Israeli society against Ethiopians, and the Ethiopian community is both financially and socially disadvantaged. There is most definitely room for improvement. But calling Israel a racist society because of the Ethiopian experience is ridiculous. Besides the fact that Israel, a country beset by financial hardship, has attempted to integrate tens of thousands of Ethiopians (not to mention millions of people from around the world), it also plays host to a number of organizations (such as this one), which aims to alleviate the hardships experienced by Ethiopians in Israel.
Israel a racist society? I think not! As for the Arab states – try finding a headline like this!
