Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Racism in Israel: Ethiopian Jews victims too

Ethiopian teen attacked at mikveh

Worker curses boy at entrance to ritual bath, calling him 'stinking black person,' then follows him home and physically attacks his family. 'I slapped him but good,' he tells police
The discrimination and deprivation felt by the Ethiopian community has reached ritual baths: A Bnei Brak resident barred a 13 year old Ethiopian teen from going into the mikveh recenty, claiming the boy was a "stinking kushi" (a derogatory Hebrew term for black people). He then hit the boy, his brother and his aunt.
The boy arrived at the mikveh two weeks ago to undergo the ritual purification ceremony, but was met by an employee who would not let him pass.
The worker verbally attacked him, saying "don't come in, you stink, you're a stinking kushi". When the teen refused to back down, the man took hold of him and punched him in the face
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1 comment:

  1. ... and still they want to migrate to Ersatz Israel, squat on someone else's land, join the army and beat up or shoot civilians. When thieves fall out ... who cares? 

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