Israel gave birth control to Ethiopian Jews without their consent

...and not at all surprising. They have been in the ethnic cleansing business for decades. Their ethnocratic state could not have been formed and cannot continue to exist without executing strategies to alter the demographic make-up of the area.

Black Israelites' heads are exploding all over Times Square

******** Netanyahu.

******** him for being an asshole. ******** him for being a racist. ******** him for embarrassing, humiliating, and bringing disrepute to an entire nation. I hope he dies in his sleep. Tonight.

So for the record: European Jews good, African Jews bad. Nothing racist about that, nooooo.

This is so disgusting it's almost incomprehensible. But it's not too different from some legislation that's been proposed in the USA. It's just the other side of the "pro-life" coin. You want government to be powerful enough to force women to give birth against their will? Well that government is also going to be powerful enough to force women to take birth control (or get abortions) against their will.

The state has no rightful role in determining if, how or when a woman gets pregnant or gives birth. The sooner we can all acknowledge that, the closer to an equitable society we'll be.

Every time Israel does something horrible like this, it just makes Mel Gibson look slightly less crazy. They're pissing me off for that reason alone.

Absolutely 100% spot on, Demo.

I'm afraid I also do not see a fundamental difference; can you explain a little what we're missing?

Even if you are completely pro choice, you can at least understand the point of view that the other side thinks they are protecting an innocent unborn life even if you disagree about which concern is paramount. There's no possible understanding of sterilizing women who have no idea thats what is being done to them. They ARE NOT comparable.

Apparently this began while Sharon was PM and ran through the time Olmert was PM.

Then I stand by my earlier wish and add Olmert's name to it. Sharon, well, he can just carry on. I haven't been able to get this horrific story out of my head.

So the fact that they weren't informed is "fundamental" in your opinion?

No - Mel is still nuttier than an almond. But the crew that committed this sick crime against Ethiopians is even sicker.

As someone in the original article wrote - "Israel now practices eugenics"

It's time to let these people fight their own battles in the ME.

I think a lot of reasonable people are beginning to lean a little bit in this direction. You can't take allies for granted because you think you have the government in your pocket.

So this is weird. I looked on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and BBC news websites, and NONE of them have any articles on the Israeli Ethiopian Jew birth control story.

I can only think of two reasons why that might be the case. Well, ok, three reasons. The third reason is that the "search" function on their website is non-functional. On all four websites. That seems unlikely.

Thoughts?

Same thoughts I always have. Our media sucks and will eventually bring us down. If no one hands them a press release that they can "report" then forget it. They are too busy talking about the 2016 presidential campaign.

The sad thing is that "incompetence" is actually the preferable to the other possible reasons that the large media outlets aren't covering the story.

Do you have a link? From the one provided from Matt, it sounds as if the government is just stopping this now.

From the article:

Nearly 100,000 Ethiopian Jews have moved to Israel under the Law of Return since the 1980s, but their Jewishness has been questioned by some rabbis. Last year, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who also holds the health portfolio, warned that illegal immigrants from Africa “threaten our existence as a Jewish and democratic state”.