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Rishon LeZion - A 23-year-old woman of Ethiopian descent claimed that the driver of an Egged No. 5 bus in Rishon LeZion refused to allow her to board his bus because of the color of her skin.
“When the driver saw me he said, ‘what, don’t you understand that I don’t allow Kushim (derogatory term for black people) on board?
At this point Verka handed the driver the bus fare, but, according to her, he refused to accept it and said, “Kushit hold on, what’s your hurry? Since you (Ethiopians) made aliyah you’ve become arrogant.”
Rishon LeZion - Israeli Egged Bus Driver to Ethiopian No Blacks Allowed
Sium, 32, has lived in Israel most of his life, but says he and other Ethiopian Jews are treated differently from other Israelis: factories do not want to employ them; landlords refuse them; and certain schools turn away their children.
"The word discrimination doesn’t describe what we experience. There is another word for it: racism. It is a shame that we still have to use this word today,” he told IRIN.
A recent decision - as reported by local media - by 120 homeowners not to sell or rent their apartments to Israeli-Ethiopian families has brought discrimination against Ethiopian Jews in Israel back into the spotlight.
In 2006, the Israeli Ethiopians discovered what was happening with their blood donations (donating blood is considered an honor in Ethiopian society). They found out from a report on Channel 2 News in Israel that there donations were not even being used. They were being frozen and disposed of! When Tal Zakul of the Ethiopian Students Union found out he said, "I meet with youths at boarding schools and talk to them about moving up in life and how important integration is. Every chance I get I explain to them that only a shred of [Israeli] society is racist, and that they shouldn't generalize the Israeli public. But what do I say to them tomorrow? How do I answer their questions when racist discrimination has again been proven, that they are truly being labeled by the color of their skin so it makes no difference how hard they try?"
What was the response from Magen Dovid (the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross): This:
We must not forget that blood donations exist to save lives, and the guidelines set by the Health Ministry are designed to guarantee that the donor units will be as safe as possible. Anyone who has been exposed to numerous diseases, including Malaria or Mad Cow Disease, may endanger the recipient. The testing the blood goes through is not enough since some of these diseases have a 'window' in which they are undetectable, like HIV, where even a test cannot discover if the blood is contaminated. These guidelines are not an Israeli invention and they are accepted throughout the entire modern world.
The testing is not enough??? Let’s pretend that he's not lying and then think about the fact that the majority of the Ethiopians that donate blood in Israel were born in Israel and have never been exposed to Mad Cow, Malaria or HIV. Also, why not just tell them up front instead of making them think that they are saving people's lives? There are Israelis who won't accept Arab blood and others who refuse to donate blood because they don't want it to go to save the life of an Arab (I heard this being said right in front of me by a woman who refused to donate because she didn't want her blood to go saving a terrorist).
Israel s Ethiopian Jews face racism denial New Jewish Resistance
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“When the driver saw me he said, ‘what, don’t you understand that I don’t allow Kushim (derogatory term for black people) on board?
At this point Verka handed the driver the bus fare, but, according to her, he refused to accept it and said, “Kushit hold on, what’s your hurry? Since you (Ethiopians) made aliyah you’ve become arrogant.”
Rishon LeZion - Israeli Egged Bus Driver to Ethiopian No Blacks Allowed
Sium, 32, has lived in Israel most of his life, but says he and other Ethiopian Jews are treated differently from other Israelis: factories do not want to employ them; landlords refuse them; and certain schools turn away their children.
"The word discrimination doesn’t describe what we experience. There is another word for it: racism. It is a shame that we still have to use this word today,” he told IRIN.
A recent decision - as reported by local media - by 120 homeowners not to sell or rent their apartments to Israeli-Ethiopian families has brought discrimination against Ethiopian Jews in Israel back into the spotlight.
In 2006, the Israeli Ethiopians discovered what was happening with their blood donations (donating blood is considered an honor in Ethiopian society). They found out from a report on Channel 2 News in Israel that there donations were not even being used. They were being frozen and disposed of! When Tal Zakul of the Ethiopian Students Union found out he said, "I meet with youths at boarding schools and talk to them about moving up in life and how important integration is. Every chance I get I explain to them that only a shred of [Israeli] society is racist, and that they shouldn't generalize the Israeli public. But what do I say to them tomorrow? How do I answer their questions when racist discrimination has again been proven, that they are truly being labeled by the color of their skin so it makes no difference how hard they try?"
What was the response from Magen Dovid (the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross): This:
We must not forget that blood donations exist to save lives, and the guidelines set by the Health Ministry are designed to guarantee that the donor units will be as safe as possible. Anyone who has been exposed to numerous diseases, including Malaria or Mad Cow Disease, may endanger the recipient. The testing the blood goes through is not enough since some of these diseases have a 'window' in which they are undetectable, like HIV, where even a test cannot discover if the blood is contaminated. These guidelines are not an Israeli invention and they are accepted throughout the entire modern world.
The testing is not enough??? Let’s pretend that he's not lying and then think about the fact that the majority of the Ethiopians that donate blood in Israel were born in Israel and have never been exposed to Mad Cow, Malaria or HIV. Also, why not just tell them up front instead of making them think that they are saving people's lives? There are Israelis who won't accept Arab blood and others who refuse to donate blood because they don't want it to go to save the life of an Arab (I heard this being said right in front of me by a woman who refused to donate because she didn't want her blood to go saving a terrorist).
Israel s Ethiopian Jews face racism denial New Jewish Resistance
Unlike Cruz and his minions, I don't relish the act if fellatio you and others are so excited to perform on the mandate of Israel.