Instead of allowing palestinians enter Israel to work, the Ethiopians should come here and do those jobs. It is a win/win situtation because, eventually the kids of these inmigrants will study, join the army and have a better than there parents. And in Israel, we secure, more jewish people, more labor and no palestinians in our territory.

as a former diaspora jew who recently came back to his roots to israel from america, i say in full support of the ethiopian jews, OLMERT, BRING THEM HOME NOW!

Things are not rosy for the Ethiopians who live here. And much has to be done to make sure they progress. Many young Ethopians are graviting towards wearing dreadlocks and listening to Jamaican music because they are made to feel as if they don't belong! This has to change!

Get them home asap. Bring them home to Israel while you still can. There is no guarantee that the doors will stay open to get them out of Ethiopia. It's tragic to see them history of the Jews in Ethiopia end. But, more tragic to see them endangered. Bring them home

Emilio the first talkbacker said it perfectly without even realizing how overtly racist he is to both the Palestinians AND the Ethiopian Jews. The sole reason he (and many other Israelis) want to bring these Jews over is to exploit them, make them do the dirty and hard manual labor, send em to the front ranges of the army...its all so clear, its better than a life of poverty in Ethiopia innit? When will the Ashkenazi attitude finally give in and stop runing the images of world Jewry? The Ashkenaz think they own the world, little do they know that one day its all gonna come toppling down on their blond little heads once the Mizrahim and the Arabs outnumber them due to soaring birthrates. This isnt Judaism, this is Racism!

Israel aint Utopia and shudnt be painted as such.most Ethiopians are quiet/gentle people being pushed over the edge by Govt that doesnt really cater to their needs. Comparing the two is unfair, the Palis just want to feed their families, they were here first why shudnt they be able to work in Israel, we are close to them i menality than we are to the Ethiopians. I feel bad abt the maltreatment of the Palis..(even tho there are terrorist amongst them) I think its time that we adjust our thinkng and try something new...everyone is tired of terrorism/fighting..its endless and is getting us all no where. WE should be taking better care of those who presently reside in Israel before we bring in more needy people, as it stands our track record isnt so great.

Culture shock is very popular amoung the Ethiopians

with all these 66th generation fighter pilot combat unit families that woule 'lerve' to leave. I'd help them pack, and lots o' yordim would help them unpack 'cos that's their job(Can you see them doing that work here???) I thought not

I am not comfortable with immigration of this type to Israel. I believe it has the potential to turn into a race problem for Israeli society. We see the same thing happening in Europe where racial tension is on the rise. Already coloured immigrants to Israel complain about discrimination. I believe this is a future time bomb in the making. Coloured immigrants should be encouraged to return to their point of origin.

The reason why Israel needs to welcome our Ethiopian kinsmen is that our Ethiopian kinsmen are oppressed in their native land. They have no other friends in the world, no other hope in the world and no other future in the world than Israel. It has nothing to do with economics. It has nothing to do with politics. It has nothing to do with self-interest. Those who think this will create a racism problem in Israel need to understand that the presence of Ethiopians cannot create a racism problem. What creates a racism problem is racist attitudes, and the lack of any attempt to overcome these attitudes. To fix a racism problem, true leadership is needed. Those who decry the life of Ethiopian Jews in Israel should first understand the life these Ethiopian Jews want to leave. Then, those who do not like the life that the Ethiopian Jews come to in Israel should work to improve that life instead of calling for them to be sent back.

#6 George from Lebanon. You are very confused. You assume that the Mizrahi Jews from Arab countries are allied with the Arabs. You are wrong. We are Zionists too. Though yes, discrimination especially soon after 1948 was very prevalent. Gradually it has greatly declined.

"Coloured?" What century are you living in?

Don't stick your nose in our affairs. Your attentions should not be beyond the borders of your own failed state.

And if anyone here didn't realize that as yet, they will realize that as soon as they arrive in Israel.

They are devout Christians, many with crosses tattooed on their foreheads. The notion that they 'returned to Judaism' is a ploy made by American Jewish pressure groups who insist on telling Israel what to do, in this case ro trun half of Israel into another Bronx.

He is trying to potray us Am Yisrael as divided and racist, seeing Ethiopians as just another source of cheap labor. We Emilio and George, I challenge to tell that to the Ethiopian Israelis in law school and practicing doctors I met in the States, or the Ethiopian contemporaries I have worked with who are enrolling in higher education and getting ahead. Georgie Saddiqi, or let me call you 5a7bi, I would roll on the floor laughing at the thought of Lebanon taking in 100,000 black Somali Muslims in airlifts and trying to incorporate them into the much more fractured society you live in. The return of our Ethiopian ikhwa wa akhawat is a work in progress and there's ain't nothing you can do to prevent its beautiful completion. Ma3 Selamah shab!

The Jewish Falasha know that these are opportunistic Christians and economic Refugees. Many have no desire to be Jewish, or to live in Israel they want to Escape Ethiopia. One sided articles like this skip over the truth. They have the cross tattooed on their foreheads. It is very difficult and expensive to integrate these people into Israel, at least the efforts should be for the right reasons.

Have you once seen a Jew ? And a blonde Ashkenazi one ? I'll tell you : Ashkenazi people are not Blond [ very rarely you can find one ] So before talking , try to know something about this .

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The Jewish ethiopians are Jews from the tribe of Dan. The Rabbis don't like sharing power and the Ethiopians have no intent on falling under the umbrella of the Political rabbis of Israel. This is why the Rabbis seek to dimisinsh their stature. If you use the rabbinical yardstick to measure Israel then decendants of Jacob are all pagans as Rachel was a theif and idol worshiper. In fact Ruth didn't do a conversion nor did all the Hebrews that came from Egypt. They just followed the G-d of Israel and the people of Israel. For you were gereem in mtzriam. All Israel is converts and all Israel is under the covenant, regardles if they have no rabbinical beliefs. I lived among the Ethiopians and I saw no Christ worship and they were Jewsih observing Shabbat...so stuff a sock in it. There good people. Don't be a hater of good people.

Semsem, this idea of 'allying with the arabs', is this something that is devilish? or obscene? or against the laws and rules of the world? Are Arabs NOT human beings? As long as Israel keeps convincing its people of such, the Arab leaders will react likewise towards the people of Israel. Its sad but true. Whats so wrong with the Mizrahi's having much in common with Arabs...they were indistinguishable from the Christians and Muslim Arabs thousands of years before Herzl's Zionism (clearly a political european concept FOR european Jews) I make my statements on this site as a cultured person that has a pretty deep interest in worldwide Jewry. So, for Charles in Petach Tikva to ask me if I have seen a Jew shows how close minded and self centered some Israeli people (mind you, and some Arabs) can be. Yes i have seen Jews, many of them in fact, and the majority of Jews i have 'seen' are actually my friends. And to Noam in Boca Raton, there is an exception to every rule, and surely the Ethiopans are as competent as any other human being, I seriously doubt that the original Zionist intentions of importing Jews from the MIzrah were for humanitarian causes, and this applies to the Jews of Yemen, Iraq and the the rest of the ARAB JEWS (a REAL term whethere we like it or not) Not all Mizrahi jews harbor hate for the countries they originated from, at the same time not all Mizrahi jews are 'Zionist'. Let me remind everyone that Ashkenazi Jews reurn to Germany, just 50 years after this people and country slaughtered millions of Jews and it appears that Israel and Germany are the best of friends. European countries and the US didnt even bother to open its doors to the European Jews after the Holocaust, yet Europe and the US are the allies of the Jews and the Arabs are the eternal enemies. I see some serious brainwashing here people. Jews have lived in lands of Arabic culture long before Christians and Muslims came in, this is especially true of the Yemeni and Iraqi jews, so the Jews of these lands are pure blooded Iraqi's, Yemenis aka ARAB. This Ashkenazi East Europen Blanded Down Sabra Culture is not even 60 years old, so for people like Semsem to deny thousands of years of Mizrahi culture is actually sad and shows that a tree that chops it roots out is bound to come crashing down. I am all for an Israeli state, now that its here there aint much we can do about it except accept and befriend. There is no doubt in anyone's mind that Israel has BECOME a legitimate state that is here to stay, so in the meantime, these Ashkenaz brainwashing of the Mizrahi's should come to an end, and the thieving of ones original culture can only lead to destruction.