Peres: Israel should thank Ethiopians, not other way around
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President Shimon Peres denounced racist expressions toward the Ethiopian community in Israel, saying that "every person in Israel should be ashamed of the phenomenon of racism we have been witnessing recently.
Referring to Immigrant Absorption Minister Sofa Landver's remarks by which Ethiopians should be thanking the state instead of protesting, Peres said: "The entire State of Israel should thank the Ethiopian community for making aliyah, not the other way around," he said. (Attila Somfalvi)
