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In reply to the discussion: Israel gave birth control to Ethiopian Jews without their consent [View all]NickB79
(19,224 posts)37. I can't help but think about the famous line from Animal Farm
"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."
All Jews are Jewish, but some are more Jewish than others
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Israel gave birth control to Ethiopian Jews without their consent [View all]
Cynicus Emeritus
Jan 2013
OP
It's allowed to happen because there exists a racist view of what the leadership wants to see as
MADem
Jan 2013
#77
I'm now wondering if the Bene Israel or Yemeni might have similar stories to tell.
Scootaloo
Jan 2013
#80
seems like the corporation who bought out the media is 'foxlike' promoting this "allie' dislike
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#92
No, no, no! Instead, Maybe the USA should stop giving Apartheid Israel free Money, Weapons and Intel
PerceptionManagement
Jan 2013
#102
THEY won't be outraged. "N-----s shouldn't be breeding anyway" - is what they
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#8
Question: Was this state sanctioned, a JDC policy, or the action of a small group of people?
FleetwoodMac
Jan 2013
#9
That's pretty sick. Of course, we in the US have a history of doing various bad things
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#13
It's not racist to practice eugenics like this. It IS anti-semitic to complain, though
robthomaseyes1
Jan 2013
#16
It's not ok for any healthcare system that provides birth control to not explain the medication.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#94
Unfortunately, I don't subscribe to that newspaper and cannot read the whole article.
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#52
They stopped the practice. I don't know how long it continued. That is another missing
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#54
Oh, my God. This is fucking pathetic. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Comrade Grumpy
Jan 2013
#109
None of that matters. What does matter is giving it withou consent to even 1 is wrong.
uppityperson
Jan 2013
#101
I don't get it. Israel is freaking over the rise in Muslim births. So why stop Jewish women from
McCamy Taylor
Jan 2013
#31
note the article a comment said, the immigrants wern't Jewish. Open immigration to all in Israel
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#82
Their Leadership corrected the issue right away. Why all the Israel hate? from you?
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#91
"The abused become abusers" dictum applies to peoples as well as individuals...
Odin2005
Jan 2013
#35
Can't help thinking about the motive in this and some other country that tried to purify its people
L0oniX
Jan 2013
#36
I've heard them referred to as the "chosen people". I guess I always assumed god did the choosing,
hughee99
Jan 2013
#40
The Israel Ministry of Health’s director-general was right to act quickly & put forth new guidelines
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#42
Israel's Ethiopian Birth Control Story Reflects A Broader Problem (The Daily Beast)
whiteroses
Jan 2013
#46
Ethiopian Women Claim Israel Forced Them To Accept Birth Control Shots (Huffington Post)
whiteroses
Jan 2013
#48