Blacks get arrested more often in Israel than whites, just like in all the other countries of the world.<\/p>\n
Importing Ethiopians has been a disaster for Israel. Many of these immigrants identify more with underclass black American culture than with Israeli culture. <\/p>\n
New York Times<\/a>: <\/p>\n The Israeli correction authorities do not provide ethnic or racial breakdowns of prisoners, but Ethiopian activists recently told a parliamentary committee that about 30 percent of the juveniles in Israeli prisons were of Ethiopian descent. A government official who asked not to be named to discuss a politically sensitive topic said the figure was actually about 15 percent to 20 percent. Yet that is still disproportionately high considering that Ethiopian-Israelis make up less than 2 percent of the country\u2019s population of about 8 million…<\/p>\n Still, despite significant government resources allocated to aid their integration, young Ethiopian-Israelis said they were still struggling to be accepted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n LOS ANGELES TIMES<\/a>: Just over half live below the poverty line. They are underrepresented in public service and overrepresented in jail. Forty percent of those held in the Ofek prison — a jail for minors — are of Ethiopian extraction, far above their 2% representation in Israeli society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Blacks get arrested more often in Israel than whites, just like in all the other countries of the world. Importing Ethiopians has been a disaster for Israel. Many of these immigrants identify more with underclass black American culture than with … Continue reading