Comments on: 9000 Ethiopians may soon immigrate to Israel

By: dave

dave — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:03:12 +0000

#peace
So much false arguments in one posting that it hurts:

“Well, we know what Ethiopians Falashas are suffering in Israel (not true, most are continuously integrating, they get many free things, like University education, which others have to pay for), racism and most are in the army (yes, most are in the army, because all Israelis go to the army and as equal citizens this is where you go after finishing school). The reason Israel wants them is to increase the populations because Palestinians’ population have increased over Jewish (not true, Arabs are less then 20% of Israels population. It is Ethiopians who want to come to Israel, and Israel only accepts them if they can prove they are Jewish or of Jewish descendance). Jews who are living comfortably in the West and other countries refused to go to Israel (false, last year 3000 Jews from US immigrated to Israel, 1500 from France, etc.). So, it is good and bad for Ethiopian Jews.”

Get your facts right. Fact is that we in Israel love our Ethiopian brothers and we are investing massive resources to make them integrate the best possible way and it happens. You can’t expect immigrants immediately to be wealthy anywhere. It takes time to adapt and it is our priority to make it happen.

Take care

By: peace

peace — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:51:50 +0000

Well, we know what Ethiopians Falashas are suffering in Israel, racism and most are in the army. The reason Israel wants them is to increase the populations because Palestinians’ population have increased over Jewish. Jews who are living comfortably in the West and other countries refused to go to Israel. So, it is good and bad for Ethiopian Jews.

By: Zablon Fekadu

Zablon Fekadu — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:26:27 +0000

The world is not fair; we Ethiopia have been suffering so much. Now, Ethiopian Israel want to go Isreal just because they are hoping: the life in Israel is better than in Ethiopia. I don’t blame them. But if we had a good government who stand for the people of Ethiopia, this would not be the case. Ethiopia has a greater natural resource than Israel. Israel is not a rich country but the leader has a brain to think. I hope that day will be soon: all Ethiopian around the world will come back to their motherland once we have honest matured government. The government must stand for the people and love his people. For now, let Ethiopian Israel migrate to Israel because we don’t have a bright leader.
Zablon Fekadu

By: Netanyahu good man

Netanyahu good man — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:51:54 +0000

Before we shall say halleluja, lets confirm that the Ethiopians in Israel are treated better than what we hear. We know the Israeli prison systems are filled with black faces and we want that to change.

By: Democrat

Democrat — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:02:06 +0000

Any free people anywhere in the free world got the right to choose their religious beliefs. If 9000 Ethiopians choose Judaism and claim to be Jewish so be it. Let us not forget Ethiopians got constitutional rights to choose their destiny including but not limited to independence.

By: truth

truth — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:13:59 +0000

“Many Israelis believe they are mostly Christian Ethiopians deceptively claiming Jewish links and adopting Jewish observances in a bid to escape Africa’s desperate poverty for the relative comfort of the Jewish state”.

Yes, they are cheating but doesn’t matter as Ethiopia is rich in people. Our problem is lak of good governance and democracy. Once Ethiopians achieve this, there will be no dought that the country will prosper but takes too much and sincere sacrifice and too long time.