Monday, 27 December 2010

Ethiopian Jews on hunger strike over move to Israel

Thousands of Ethiopian Jews started a hunger strike on Monday to appeal to the Israeli Government to end their suffering due to delayed repatriation to their dreamland.
Jewish community coordinators told the Nation their members’ living conditions are inhumane and many died due to communicable diseases.
Some 2,500 members started the hunger strike on Monday and the strike is to continue until the Israeli Government responds.
Mr Tadesse Arefeayne, one of the strike coordinators, said the Israeli Government ignored their repeated plea after they moved to Addis Ababa from Gondar, their homeland in northern Ethiopia, 700 kilometres from Addis.
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