Israel admits Ethiopian women were given birth control shots

[mehdi84]

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national...emium-1.496519

wtf ....

A government official has for the first time acknowledged the practice of injecting women of Ethiopian origin with the long-acting contraceptive Depo-Provera.

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Health Ministry Director General Prof. Ron Gamzu has instructed the four health maintenance organizations to stop the practice as a matter of course.

The ministry and other state agencies had previously denied knowledge or responsibility for the practice, which was first reported five years ago.

Gamzu’s letter instructs all gynecologists in the HMOs "not to renew prescriptions for Depo-Provera for women of Ethiopian origin if for any reason there is concern that they might not understand the ramifications of the treatment.”

He also instructed physicians to avail themselves of translators if need be.

Gamzu’s letter came in response to a letter from Sharona Eliahu-Chai of the Association of Civil Rights in Israel, representing several women’s rights and Ethiopian immigrants’ groups. The letter demanded the injections cease immediately and that an investigation be launched into the practice.

About six weeks ago, on an Educational Television program journalist Gal Gabbay revealed the results of interviews with 35 Ethiopian immigrants. The women’s testimony could help explain the almost 50-percent decline over the past 10 years in the birth rate of Israel’s Ethiopian community. According to the program, while the women were still in transit camps in Ethiopia they were sometimes intimidated or threatened into taking the injection. “They told us they are inoculations,” said one of the women interviewed. “They told us people who frequently give birth suffer. We took it every three months. We said we didn’t want to.”

[thefederalist]

lol wow. eugenics much?

[germanyt]

WTF how long has this been happening and to how many women?

[Sargamatha]

What exactly does that mean? that they cant get pregnant? did they know about it?

[thefederalist]

WTF how long has this been happening and to how many women?

activists say the birth rate in the Ethiopian community has halved in the past 10 years

n 2009, Ms Eyal supervised a study that showed 57 per cent of all Depo-Provera users in Israel were Ethiopian although their community comprised less than 2 per cent of the population.

Medical staff have pressured women to take the contraceptive at Israeli-linked transit centres inside Ethiopia that prepare them for immigration to Israel,

Miri Regev, a politician from the ruling Likud party, told the crowds asylum seekers were a "cancer in our body".

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[germanyt]

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Crazy. Thanks for posting. I didn't want to register.

on r/c

[thefederalist]

Crazy. Thanks for posting. I didn't want to register.

on r/c

didn't register. googled "israel contraceptive ethiopians"

it's all over the web

not surprised by any of this though.

[The_Zodiac]

They should make some kind of reproduction laws to correct this situation. They could call them the Tel Aviv laws.

[CXC3000]

'Acceptable' ethnic cleansing.... Israeli-style..

[Scottidott]

Israel, inspired by Nazi Germany since 1965.

[ONtop888]

Wtf m8? Pretty sick practice, way to fail Israel.

[lasher]

That's some f'd up **** right there.

[Mifojei]

israel haha, learned from the best I guess...

[KingKongFu]

Why does this thread only have 3 stars? who is voting it down?

If this story is as it seems, then that is pure evil.

[AmuroRay]

evil people.

Horrible place

[VTheKing]

****ing sick. Not only the act itself, but that apparently you can't be a "good Jew" if you're African.

[TheJimmyRustler]

That's fcking disgusting and barbaric.

[IDrinkBloodLOL]

I'd say something but the level of realtalk exceeds the limits of this audience, it would probably just get me banned.

[TranceNRG]

On International Holocaust Day, reminders of local racism are abundant

http://972mag.com/on-international-h...bundant/64912/

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I guess what touches a nerve with most people is the coincidental timing of it all – today being the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Here we are, remembering the crimes of hatred and racism, while the hatred and racism amongst us is rampant. Last night it was Beitar. Two days ago it was Yair Lapid and his refusal to sit in a coalition with the “Zoabis,” referring to the Arab parties.

One of my ******** friends asked a good question: Is there really a difference between a politician who doesn’t want Arabs on his team, to fans who don’t want Muslims on theirs?

And if that isn’t enough, Israel finally admitted today that it administered birth control shots to Ethiopian women.

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[BenZowman]

Well that's not very nice.

[Renegade83]

I'd say something but the level of realtalk exceeds the limits of this audience, it would probably just get me banned.

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Im sure the posters at ********** would love to hear your theory, which I am assuming is going to be racist in nature.

[TheJimmyRustler]

I'd say something but the level of realtalk exceeds the limits of this audience, it would probably just get me banned.

Do you feel lucky?

[abdus]

barbaric pos. What do you expect from Israhell.

Why are the pro-Israelis cowards not posting itt? Not sure what to post to justify these barbaric actions?

inb4 they claim is all a fabricated story by Palestinians.

[BEARbenjamin]

Israel has the right to protect itself. A new adolf hitler can be born at anytime and we must make sure we do everything in our power to take action before a new holocaust.

[A-GAME]

Psychopathic tendencies.

[frontofthepack]

What exactly does that mean? that they cant get pregnant? did they know about it?

It's birth control, yeah it helps to prevent pregnancy. And they knew they were recieving shots obviously but were denied the real reason behind them. They were lied to.

[amtharin]

Were these just random immigrates?? I'd be okay with a country telling it's immigrates, "Hey guys, we'll let you come here, but until you reach some kind of permanent status, and become a contributing member of society, then you have to take this birth control shot". But to hide it is a little twisted. The end result is the same, but I typically support full disclosure on most issues.

[lasher]

Israel has the right to protect itself. A new adolf hitler can be born at anytime and we must make sure we do everything in our power to take action before a new holocaust.

lolwut

[CXC3000]

Why does this thread only have 3 stars? who is voting it down?

The usual neo-Zionists on this forum. And it's kinda funny they've all gone silent for a change..

[TheJimmyRustler]

Israel has the right to protect itself. A new adolf hitler can be born at anytime and we must make sure we do everything in our power to take action before a new holocaust.

Obvious troll is ibvious