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In reply to the discussion: Israel gave birth control to Ethiopian Jews without their consent [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)90. The responses get worse....check out the thread in the I/P forum
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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