Ethiopians stage protest in Jerusalem against racism at Knesset and Zion Square, Tzipi Livni speaks

Ethiopians held a protest at the Knesset against racism and discrimination in Israeli society after an investigative television report revealed that over 100 Israeli families in the town of Kiryat Malakhi had signed an agreement not to rent or sell apartments to Ethiopians. They came because they want to send a message to lawmakers that they must do more to protect their rights. Their posters were in English, Amharic (a Semitic language in Ethiopia), and Hebrew. Many of them simply said "stop the discrimination." Protestors proceeded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house and afterwards to the center of Jerusalem at Zion Square.

Kadima opposition leader Tzipi Livni had this to say at the protest, "The story of these Ethiopians coming to Israel is one of the greatest stories of Zionism, and they need to know that we respect them as a society, and that the Israeli government gives them what any Israeli citizen gets. This is something that matters to standard of living [and] respect, and this is something that needs to be done today. It's not an Ethiopian problem, it's a problem of the Israeli society."

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[kibret22]

U are ethiopians come to Ethiopia your mother land! ... I am Ethiopian and I am fed up with Israeal! ... We are poor but things will change and it better to live with fredom and poor than , living in racism cultured society!... learn from fore fathers!

[torontotoday]

Wow even in repoting this news, they don't call the Ethiopian jews Israelis. I guess you have to be Russian, Polish jew etc to be called Israeli. It sucks to be poor. Everyone takes advantage of you. Hey if there was war, that's when they would give Ethiopian jews 150% acceptance. True colour of Israel is showing.Money is everything!

Unfortunately descrimination is everywhere.

[mokhaw]

Oooohh boy...the wrath they shall face...despite all what the zionists have done, the lives they've killed, the families they've destroyed, the trees they've burned, the houses they've demolished, the land they've stolen, the lies they spread, the hate they've harvested around the world, and the list never ends....I actually feel so sorry for them..they are human after all, and what they stand to face eventually, is god's severe punishment...regardless of how bad they get raped by the Arabs in

[oppenheimerguy]

It is disturbing and downright outrageous that Jews a minority scattered across the Earth abused and discriminated for thousands of years would after returning to their homeland treat their brothers in such a disgusting way. Am Yisroel Chai we ARE STILL HERE love to all Ethiopians Jews, sincerely your Brother

[oppenheimerguy]

I am Jewish and love and respect my Ethiopian brothers and sisters regardless of color, wer'e all Jews yearning to the return home for Zion the marvelous return of the Ethiopian community illustrates this dream coming into fruition.

[CarmeloAnthony11]

to all my ethiopian brothers and sisters, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOIN IN FUCKING ISRAEL? come back to your nice homecountry and leave that shitty israel! they only needed you to fight against the hamas and hisbollah no doubt!jews are the biggest scum on earth you are not jewish you are habesha! muslim or christian but not fucking dirty jewish!i love you!

[mokhaw]

The time will come when the Arabs will rise to reclaim what's rightfully theirs...to all Ethiopians living in Palestine: return to your motherland lest and live amongst your loved ones...live amongst the proud people of Ethiopia, who share a rich history with their arab neighbors to the east....stay away from this lie, stay away from what's not yours....and avoid the wrath of the Arabs which may be knocking on israel's doors sooner than you may think. We do not forgive

[roybarichli]

@kibret22 FUCK OFF!!! ISRAEL IS THE PLACE OF OUR ETHIOPIAN JEW BROTHERS

[mrfreecrack]

gotta love the idiots who use this to claim israel is racist, when it is the racist citizens implimenting racist policies, which the government will crush.

just like our rednecks.

fucking idiots

[11mrjarjar]

fuck israeal! there very existance is in doubt anyways! iran and the arabs might wipe them out anytime now! forget shitty israel and go back to Ethiopia, where u trully belong!

[BasementDweller09]

Black Ethiopian women are so beautiful.

Most black women in America look like shit and they're loud and ghetto as fuck.

[mnur21]

Come back to Ethiopia that's your home