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Just the facts: The Ethiopian community of Jerusalem

The number of Ethiopian community members residing is relatively low in Jerusalem, as well as other Israeli cities.

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For some months now, activists from the Ethiopian immigrant community have maintained a tent camp in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem in protest against the racism they face in Israeli society and in support of equal opportunity. The demonstration arose in the aftermath of a number of instances in which Ethiopian schoolchildren had been separated from their classmates. Members of the community also complain about discrimination in matters of housing and employment as well as cultural oppression on the part of the Israeli establishment.

Israel’s Ethiopian community emerged following the waves of immigration that began with Operation Moses in 1984 and continued throughout the 1990s and 2000s. The immigration peaked with Operation Solomon in 1991, which brought 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel by means of an airlift that took place during a single weekend.

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