Georgie
01-12-2004, 12:26 AM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3607944,00.html
But the possibility of tens of thousands of Ethiopians arriving has unnerved Israel, which appears to be backing away from a costly promise to take in the rest of Kassel Alazebech's people.
In recent days, Cabinet ministers have voiced opposition to a government decision last year to lift immigration restrictions on the community of 20,000 Ethiopians, known as the Falash Mura, saying it would cost too much in Israel's weakened economy, battered by more than three years of fighting with the Palestinians.
Also, veteran Ethiopian Jewish immigrants have cautioned the government against taking in their countrymen, contending many are charlatans whose claims of Jewish descent are a ploy aimed at getting out of famine-ridden Ethiopia.
Of course we all know why they really don't want them there. No one wants to be around niggers.
But the possibility of tens of thousands of Ethiopians arriving has unnerved Israel, which appears to be backing away from a costly promise to take in the rest of Kassel Alazebech's people.
In recent days, Cabinet ministers have voiced opposition to a government decision last year to lift immigration restrictions on the community of 20,000 Ethiopians, known as the Falash Mura, saying it would cost too much in Israel's weakened economy, battered by more than three years of fighting with the Palestinians.
Also, veteran Ethiopian Jewish immigrants have cautioned the government against taking in their countrymen, contending many are charlatans whose claims of Jewish descent are a ploy aimed at getting out of famine-ridden Ethiopia.
Of course we all know why they really don't want them there. No one wants to be around niggers.