'Ethiopian price tag' attacks outrage Israel's Ethiopian Jews in Kiryat Malakhi - Racism condemned

Thousands of Ethiopians protested in the streets of Jerusalem against discrimination after a recent report in Israeli media that more than 100 families in Kiryat Malakhi had agreed not to sell or rent real estate to Ethiopian Jews. Hate graffiti with the words "Ethiopian price tag" -- a reference to right-wing attacks against Palestinians -- was spray-painted on walls and vehicles in the town. Ethiopians at the rally waved banners and chanted as crowds gathered near the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to demand an end to the recent wave of racially motivated attacks.

Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni came to the demonstration to show support, but was booed by the protesters. She had this to say, "It's a legitimate protest, it's an outcry from the bottom of their hearts. And even if along the way someone gets hurt, it's absolutely fine. It's their right. It's their right to shout."

Israel's 110,000-strong Ethiopian community has long complained of prejudice against them in Israel. Israel's chief rabbis determined formally in 1973 that Ethiopian Jews were descendants of the Jewish biblical tribe of Dan and were entitled to immigrate to Israel. Tens of thousands arrived from Ethiopia in airlifts in the 1980s and 1990s.

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[Porrameneitor]

not even jews like niggers

[hwangstet5k]

if Ethiopians are the tribes of Dan then that means Samson (shimshon) was an Ethiopian and he saved Israel

[mofire9999]

@MagicMutilator6000 u dont know anthing about jews "Ethiopian".. those white european jews are fake jews their just converts. These fake non jews converted to judaism around that russian boarder area, Deacades ago. you need to look up and read more about judaism in ethiopia before you comment. Those european jews in israel are more less of a jew than those ethopians. Those jews are russian converts, ethiopia pick up judaism when it first came into light.. Do your research on ethopia..

[ChelseafcTube]

@ah0932 who told you its hell on earth...stupid nift. If anything, Ethiopia is much better than living in palestinian shit hole called israel and the whole of Arab land. I don't think you know what you are talking about....i guess youtube is a magnet for a bunch of ignorants. Since when living in palestine, where bomb death and chaos is normal become a better place to dwell than Ethiopia ?

Only in dedeb minds !!

[ChelseafcTube]

@Blackerthanblack88 Don't care about the f*ken jews and you man....just dont blurt out extremist views here ..just screams of ignorance. Be civil as much as you can...you dont teach nobody by such a language. That is why I still call you ignorant. Go cry !!

[MagicMutilator6000]

@kage574 if you're talking about religion wise than maybe. But definitely not in a racial sense, original jews were of the semetic race. Many jews of the european jews still have a semetic look which is distinct from that of any european racially subgroup. Perfect example would be barbara streisand, you can clearly see her semetic face structure. On the other hand, ethiopian jews look a lot more negroid than semetic.

[kage574]

@Blackerthanblack88 Chill brother you are sounding stupid even if you are speaking truth.

[kage574]

@MagicMutilator6000 ACTUALLY these Ethiopian Jews have been JEWS longer than these European Jews. Look it up

[johnediamond]

they are colored see...

[ah0932]

Yes, they need to be treated that way for leaving their country Ethiopia in the first place! How can someone imigrates to such country? In the 199s they were collecting blood for donation from Ethiopians and they were discarding it. If I were one of these, I would have gone back to Ethiopia - though that is another hell on Earth.

Ahmed