Shmuel Legesse
By Shmuel Legesse
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Opinion Don’t Tell Me There Are No Qualified Ethiopian Israelis To Fill the Position
I have always heard it said in the Israeli public sector and professional social circles, by way of explaining why so few Ethiopian Jews hold positions of prominence in these realms, that no one from among our community is sufficiently qualified. That if even one Ethiopian Israeli would meet the minimum qualifications for this or…
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Opinion Loving Israel, Hating How It’s Treating Ethiopians
Much has been written and said about the social and economic disparities between Ethiopian Israelis and the general Israeli population. The numbers are nothing short of shocking. For example, 40% of Ethiopian men serving in the Israel Defense Forces have spent time in military jails, an incarceration rate 760% higher than their proportion in the…
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