Decades after the first Ethiopian immigrants arrived in Israel, the community still suffers from high poverty, discrimination, and recent police shootings have brought on mass protests. Mazal Bisawer, a prominent activist, says Israelis can’t seem to admit that anti-black racism exists in their society.
Later in the episode, editor-in-chief Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man discusses the Supreme Court’s recent decision to disqualify a Jewish supremacist candidate from running in Israeli elections, and why nobody should be celebrating quite yet.
- Read Edo Konrad’s full article: ‘To be Ethiopian in Israel is to be constantly struggling for something’
- Read Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man’s article: These elections are a choice between resignation and despair
The music in this episode is by Ketsa.
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