Tag Archives: Israel
Joseph Puder In her Washington Post column on May 5, 2013, Jennifer Rubin blasted the Obama administration, opining that “As for the Middle East, when a U.S. president is this passive and unwilling to act in accord with its words, … read more »
The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1701 in August 2006, which brought about an end to the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The resolution called on the Lebanese government to “secure its borders and other entry … read more »
Steve Lipman Traveling around Ethiopia in late 1991, at the end of the African country’s civil war, was unsafe for anyone. It presented special risks for a woman traveling alone, a foreigner, a white person in the northern hilly region … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Annick Press, Beta Israel, Ethiopia, Israel, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Post, Jews, Sudan
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When Yityish Aynaw immigrated from Ethiopia to Israel at age 12, she was thrust into an Israeli classroom. An orphan lacking Hebrew skills, Aynaw says she relied on other kids and her own sheer ambition to get through. Ten years … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Aynaw, Barack Obama, Dimona, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Miss Israel, Pierce, Rada
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by Dan Connell Filmon, a 28-year-old computer engineer, fled Eritrea in March 2012 to escape political repression. Several weeks later, he was kidnapped from Sudan’s Shagara refugee camp, taken with a truckload of others to a Bedouin outpost in the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Asmara, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Israel, Middle East, Sudan, United States
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By Abdul Mohammed The coercive eviction of Ethiopia’s Beta Israel community was an act of societal vandalism, whose stated justifications of hunger and religious discrimination are false. The treatment of the Ethiopian Jews in Israel has been at best shabby … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Beta Israel, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Falasha, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Judaism, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Operation Moses
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Damptey, Daniel Danquah The so-called Citizen Governance Network is not a credible organization. It is a conglomerate of hurriedly- assembled discordant members whose sole purpose is to attract attention to itself. There is nothing Islamic about it, for if there … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Christian Council of Ghana, Citizen Governance Network, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, John Dramani Mahama, Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rome
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For South African photojournalist Ilan Ossendryver, photographing the Ethiopian Jewish community, also known as Beta Israel, started out professional but ended up personal. His decades-long body of work is now represented in the exhibit “Beta Israel: Ethiopian Jews and the … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Beta Israel, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, ethiopian jews, Gondar, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews
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Daniel Estrin Israel is putting its best face forward for President Obama, and what better face to put forward for America’s first black president than Israel’s first black beauty queen? The newly crowned Miss Israel is an Ethiopian Jewish … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Barack Obama, Beta Israel, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Hagit Yaso, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Israel, Kabra Kasai, latest ethiopian news, Miss Israel, news ethiopia, obama
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Whether or not he achieves diplomatic breakthroughs on his visit to Israel, President Obama’s trip could help the peace process by focusing news media attention, for once, on positive aspects of normal existence in that controversial corner of the Middle … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Barack Obama, Gaza, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Palestinian people, United States, west bank
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By Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK I was dumbfounded when I read that President Mahama claims his government was not financing but only facilitating the selected pastors’ “joy ride” to Israel. I considered the claim to be a complete fabrication, laughable … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Cambridge, Christianity, Ghana, Holy Land, IndepthAfrica, Israel, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, President
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It seems to me President Mahama is more interested in running a Travel Agency company than administering a country. How a country like Ghana with its myriad of problems can find time to facilitate the itinerary of fake Pastors sojourn … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Catholic Church, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Israel, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, NDC, South Africa, United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor At long last, President Mahama has confirmed that the government is, indeed, involved in the planning of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem by 200 Ghanaian pastors. Speaking on the issue for the first time, President Mahama … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Calvary, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, jesus, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Mahama Ayariga
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By Charles Kofi Fekpe So, the Government of Ghana wants to spend $600K on a pilgrimage to the Wailing wall in Jerusalem. I can understand why Ghanaians are crying out loud. I do. Inasmuch as I am a strong believer … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Christian, Ghana, God, Government, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, United States, Western Wall
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By Abdul Mohamed The coercive eviction of Ethiopia’s Beta Israel community was an act of societal vandalism, whose stated justifications of hunger and religious discrimination are false. The treatment of the Ethiopian Jews in Israel has been at best shabby … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Beta Israel, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Falasha, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Israel, Judaism, latest ethiopian news, Mengistu Hailemariam, news ethiopia, Operation Moses
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Folks, it is time to take on the government for what I consider to be the worst “misplaced priority” that it has come out with less than 100 days in office. And I will be … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor
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Tagged Canterbury Tales, Catholic Church, Geoffrey Chaucer, Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, John Dramani Mahama
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The Organization for the Memory of Jews who perished in Sudan on their Way to Zion, a group representing Ethiopian Jews who were brought to Israel during 1984’s Operation Moses rescue, has filed a petition with Israel’s High Court of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Beta Israel, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Israel, Jews, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Shimon Peres, Sudan, World Union of Jewish Students
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Israeli authorities are detaining and then forcing migrants from Sudan and Eritrea to leave the country, a report issued by Human Rights groups charged on Wednesday. The report was published by the US-based Human Rights Watch together with the Israeli … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Eritrea, Human Rights Watch, Israel, Migrant worker, Refugee, Sudan, tel aviv, Uganda
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Ever since I was born I could hear the waves of hatred and prejudice pouring upon Jews for unexplained reasons. Ever since I was born I could hear the waves of hatred and prejudice pouring upon Jews for unexplained reasons, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Siad Barre, Somali, Somalia
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Ethiopian Jews have historically faced racism in Israel, with thousands taking to the streets in January of last year to protest the treatment of Ethiopian immigrants in the country. Now, the country is confronted by a beautiful contradiction of this … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Aynaw, Beta Israel, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Israel, latest ethiopian news, Magen David Adom, Martin Luther King Jr, Miss Israel, news ethiopia, Sentul International Convention Center
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By Emily L. Hauser, Daily Breast Last week Haaretz corrected its reporting of a story I covered in these pages: Ethiopian-Israeli women have been saying for years that they’ve been injected with Depo-Provera (long-acting birth control) by state-mandated health providers … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Beta Israel, Birth control, Compulsory sterilization, DepoProvera, Haaretz, Health Ministry, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem
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Yityish Aynaw, first Ethiopian-born to win pageant invited to dine at Peres’s house; cites as hero Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post Newly crowned Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw was invited by … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Odd News
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Tagged Army Radio, Aynaw, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Israel, latest ethiopian news, Martin Luther King Jr, Miss Israel, news ethiopia, Shimon Peres, United States
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By Zach Pontz Haaretz has issued a correction vis-a-vis a report it published five weeks ago that set off a rush to condemn Israel. The original report accused government officials of injecting Ethiopian women with the long-acting contraceptive Depo-Provera in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged DepoProvera, Director-general, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Haaretz, Health maintenance organization, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Israel, latest ethiopian news, Middle East, news ethiopia, Professor
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There are those who would have bombed or invaded Iran years ago to make sure there would be no Iranian Bomb, and their voices are getting louder again as another day of high level talks approaches. Even though Iran’s Supreme … read more »
(JTA) – Two Ethiopian runners who traveled to Israel for last Friday’s Jerusalem Marathon absconded during the race in a suspected effort to stay in the country indefinitely. The two women, Malet Mekonen, 24, and Mahalat Zalika, 25, were seen at … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Friday, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, Jerusalem marathon, Kenya, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Palestinian people, tel aviv
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Prince Faisal Bin Khaled, Emir of Asir region, has given directives to admit a boy, who was attacked by illegal Ethiopian workers, into a hospital at his expenses. He also instructed the authorities to catch the perpetrators, the spokesman for … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged 'Asir Province, Abha, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, United Arab Emirates
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By: Carol Sanders A group of Winnipeggers is trying to prevent a U.S. woman who made incendiary remarks such as “evil” Jews from entering Canada again. “I don’t know how the Canadian border agency would let this woman come again,” … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Canada, David Matas, Eritrea, eritrean indepthafrica, Isaias Afewerki, Israel, Politics of Eritrea, United Nations, Winnipeg
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JERUSALEM — Abraham Kabeto Ketla of Ethiopia has won the third Jerusalem marathon, setting a record for the race. About 20,000 runners took part despite protests by Palestinians. Ketla finished in 2 hours, 16 minutes and 29 seconds Friday, beating … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Other Sports, Sports
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Tagged Abraham, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, Jerusalem marathon, Kenya, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Palestinian people, Six-Day War
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Yityish Aynaw, a former Israeli army officer, became the first Ethiopian-Israeli to win the Miss Israel pageant on Wednesday. A panel of judges awarded the title to Aynaw, a 21-year-old model who came to Israel about a decade ago, at … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Aynaw, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Haifa, IndepthAfrica, Israel, latest ethiopian news, Middle East, Miss Israel, news ethiopia, Officer (armed forces)
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haaretz Committee, led by Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, to check evidence that Ethiopian women were given Depo-Provera shots to prevent pregnancy − often against their will and without being informed of potential side effects. Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged AIDS, Birth control, Clalit Health Services, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Health maintenance organization, IndepthAfrica, Israel, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Yaakov Litzman
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