Archive for the ‘Ethiopians’ tag
Closed Society: February 12, 2013
An indictment has been filed against a shuttle driver from Mevaseret Zion who hurled racist remarks at children of Ethiopian origins riding in his shuttle. It is also claimed that he forced them to clean the vehicle.
(Hebrew – mynet)
Economy and Society: January 27, 2013
For the first time, the Ministry of Health has admitted that Ethiopian women were widely treated with injections of the long acting contraceptive drug “Depo-Provera” in order to reduce the birth rate among them. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Closed Society: December 9, 2012
Female immigrants from Ethiopia claim they were threatened that if they did not agree to receive a treatment by injection of Depo Provera, a long-term contraceptive, they would not be allowed into Israel. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew – Haaretz)
Internal Security: July 7, 2012
Jajao Bimero, An Israeli student of Ethiopian descent, claims that he had been attacked with pepper spray and an electric shocker by a policeman in Haifa when he tried to assist a woman of Ethiopian descent who was being beaten by the policeman.
Closed Society: May 30, 2012
A young Ethiopian man was assaulted by right-wing demonstrators in south Tel-Aviv after they mistook him for a foreign national. (Haaretz)
(Hebrew - Ynet)
Internal Security: May 9, 2012
During a police raid in Afula in search of drugs, police officers cursed a youth instructor working with the Ethiopian community when he requested that they show him their police IDs, saying “Who the hell are you to ask us to identify ourselves”, and “You’re an asshole that asks for ID, you’re an impudent, stupid Ethiopian”.
(Hebrew - Walla)
Closed Society: March 18, 2012
Ethiopean new immigrants from the city of Ashkelon were denied access to the public shelter by their neighbours, during a shelling.
(Hebrew)
Closed Society: February 22, 2012
Ethiopian youths held a demonstration in Netanya against the discrimination of Ethiopian students in the city’s schools. In two of the city’s schools, Ethiopians make up more than 90% of the student body.
(Hebrew)
Military and Security Forces: January 25, 2012
An IDF soldier from the Ethiopian community who served as a security guard at the base of an elite unit is suing the Ministry of Defense for racism, claiming he was subject to discrimination and called a “dirty stinking Ethiopian”.
(Hebrew)
Closed Society: January 24, 2012
Yakov Vaknin, a contractor from Kiryat Malachi, charges Ethiopian buyers prices that are higher by approximately 250,000 Shekels than the prices he charges other buyers for similar apartments.