Ethiopian rabbis accuse Israeli rabbinate of racial discrimination

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Israeli rabbis of Ethiopian origin yesterday accused the Israeli rabbinate of racially discriminating against them despite all the challenges they have fought to transfer tens of thousands of Jews from Ethiopia to Israel and to preserve the Jewish faith in Ethiopia.

Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper released a report yesterday claiming that Ethiopian rabbis are racially discriminated against by the rabbinate because of their skin colour.

According to the report, the rabbinate has reduced the Ethiopian rabbis’ powers and prevented them from performing the simplest tasks including holding wedding ceremonies for Ethiopian Jews.

Rabbi Abashat Yellao, who lives in Netanya with his wife and seven children, said: “I was an important rabbi in Ethiopia and protected the Jewish traditions there despite the pressures. I convinced them to come to this country… Today, the rabbinate discriminates against us because of our skin colour and deprives us of our most basic rights.”

Dr Aviva Kaplan from the Netanya Academic College said Israel was serving its own interest. “It is Israel’s fault, Israel moved Ethiopians from a patriarchal society to the postmodern community and through the transition, and the Ethiopians were preyed upon.”

Kaplan pointed out that the migration processes, which Israel sponsors, caused problems for the communities because Israel wants to turn Jews into Israelis at any cost and as fast as possible.

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/15855-ethiopian-rabbis-accuse-israeli-rabbinate-of-racial-discrimination

Exciting times: Africa is not just one country, it is slowly becoming one big tribe

By Charles Onyango-Obbo Mail and Guardian Africa Africa becoming one big – and unwieldy – country. It is not the one Kwame Nkrumah dreamt of, but that which the people have made for themselves. I THINK Binyavanga Wainaina settled one of the vexing questions about Africa: how to write about the continent (or not to

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Gang rape spurs calls for reform in Ethiopia

By Jacey Fortin, Aljazeera Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Inside a gated home on the western outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, a picture of Hanna Lalango is framed in a wreath of flowers just beginning to wilt around the edges. The 16-year-old girl died on November 1, about a month after she entered a public mini-bus and

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Ethiopian health workers arrive in Liberia to help fight Ebola

(Reuters) – Scores of Ethiopian health workers arrived in Liberia on Tuesday to bolster the response to an Ebola outbreak that the government says it wants to stamp out before Christmas. The 87 doctors and nurses will join an African Union (AU) mission against the worst Ebola outbreak on record, which has killed more than

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ወያኔ የአማራውን ህዝብ ማጥፋቱ አልበቃ ብሎት ሀይቃችንንም ሊያደርቀው ተዘጋጅቱዋል

በአማን አበባው

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በጣና ሀይቅ ላይ 40 ሺህ ሄክታር ላይ የተከሰተው የእንቦጭ አረም የሀይቁን ብዝሃ ህይወት ለከፋ ጉዳት ማጋለጡ ተገለጸ ።

አረሙ የውሀን የመትነን መጠን በሦስት እጥፍ በመጨመር በአጭር ጊዜ ሊመለስ የማይችል ጉዳት የማድረስ አቅሙ ከፍተኛ መሆኑ ተግልጿል።
ባለፉት ሦስት ዓመታት አረሙን በሰው ሃይል ለማስወገድ ሰፊ ጥርት ቢደረግም አረሙ ካለው ፈጣን የማደግና የመራባት ስነ ህይወታዊ ባህሪ ጋር ተያይዞ መልሶ ሀይቁን በመውረር ውጤታማ ስራ ማከናወን እንዳልተቻለ ተግልጿል።
በዓሣ ሀብት፣ በቱሪዝም እንቅስቃሴ፣የእንስሳት ግጦሽ መሬትን በመውረር፣ በሃይቁ ዙሪያ የሚገኘውን የእርሻ መሬት ከሰምርት ውጭ በማድረግ ጉዳት እያደረስ ነው።
የሀይቁንና የሌሎች የውሀ አካላትን ደህንነት በዘላቂነት ለመጠበቅ የተጀመረው የተፈጥሮ ሃብት ልማትና ጥበቃ ስራ ተጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥል አቶ ገዱ አስታውቀዋል።
የአማራ ክልል የአካባቢ ጥበቃ፣ መሬት አስተዳደርና አጠቃቀም ቢሮ ኃላፊ አቶ ባይህ ጥሩነህ አረሙ በ19 ቀበሌ ከ40 ሺህ ሄክታር በሚበልጥ በሀይቁ ዙሪያ ውሀ አዘል መሬት፣የእንስሳት ግጦሽ ቦታ፣የእርሻ ማሳና ሃይቁን ሸፍኖ ይገኛል ብለዋል።
ባለፈው አንድ ወር በህዝቡ ተሳትፎ በተደረገ ጥረት ከስድስት ሺህ 800 ሄክታር የሚበልጥ በአረሙ የተጠቃ ቦታን ማፅዳት የተቻለ ቢሆንም በሞገድ እየተገፋ መልሶ በመሸፈን የመከላከሉን ስራ ከአቅም በላይ እንዳደረገው ተናግረዋል።

በኢትዮጵያ ግብርና ምርምር ኢንስቲትዩት የመጤና ተዛማጅ አረሞች ብሔራዊ አስተባባሪ አቶ ረዘነ ፍሰሃ በበኩላቸው በሀገር አቀፍ ደረጃ ከተለዩ 45 አደገኛ አረሞች 38ቱ በአማራ ክልል ይገኛሉ ብለዋል።
ከእነዚህም ደግሞ እምቦጭ ወይም በሳይንስዊ ስሙ (ዋተር ሃያሲስ) የተባለው አረም በውሀ ላይ በመንሳፈፍ በፍጥነት በመራባት ብዝሃ ህይወትን በማውደም የሚስተካከለው እንደሌለ ገልፀዋል።
ከፍተኛ ውሀ በመሸከም በተፈጥሮ የሚተነውን የውሀ መጠን በሦስት እጥፍ በማሳደግ በዓመት እስከ ሦስት ሚሊዮን ሜትር ኪዩብ ውሀ በማትነን የውሃ መጠኑን እንደሚቀንስ በጥናት መረጋገጡን ተናግረዋል።
በጣና ሃይቅ ላይ መከሰቱ በሃይቁ ዙሪያ ያለው ውሀ አዘል መሬትን ለችግር ከማጋለጡ ሌላ በአካባቢው የሚያርፉ ስደተኛ ወፎችን መጠለያ በመንሳት እያጠፋቸው መሆኑን አስታውቀዋል።
በሀይቁ የሚገኙ የዓሣ ዝርያዎችን የእርባታ ሂደት በማስተጓጎል ሀብቱ ላይ ጉዳት በማድረስ በዘላቂነት ሊያጠፋቸው እንደሚችል አስረድተዋል።
ሀይቁ ለአካባቢው ህዝብ የሚሰጠውን የኢኮኖሚና ማህበራዊ ጠቀሜታ በዘላቂነት ለማረጋገጥ የአጭር፣የመካከለኛና የረጅም ጊዜ እቅድ ተይዞ መሰራት እንዳለበት ጠቁመዋል።
በጎንደር ዙሪያ ወረዳ ለምባ አርባየቱ ቀበሌ ነዋሪ አርሶ አደር አዱኛ መኮንን በሰጡት አስተያየት የእምቦጭ አረም የእንስሳት ግጦሽ መሬትን በመሸፈን መኖውን ሙሉ በሙሉ ማውደሙን ተናግረዋል።
በአካባቢያቸው ዓሣ በማስገር ቀደም ሲል በቀን ከ20 እስከ 30 ኪሎ ግራም ምርት ያገኙ እንደነበር አስታውቀው አረሙ ከተከሰተ ወዲህ ግን የሚያገኙት ምርት ከ10 ኪሎ ግራም በታች መቀነሱን ገልፀዋል።
የሚያምርቱት ዓሳ ጣዕም በመቀየሩ ገበያ ላይ ተፈላጊነቱ እየቀነሰ መምጣቱን ጠቁመው ወደባቸውም በአረም በመወረሩም ረጅም ርቀት በመጓዝ እንግልት እየደረሰባቸው እንደሆነ አስታውቀዋል።
በሃይቁ ዙሪያ የነበራቸው የእርሻ መሬት በአረሙ በመጠቃቱ በበጋው ወራት ሽንኩርት፣ቲማቲም፣ድንች፣በቆሎና መሰል ሰብሎችን አምርቶ በመሸጥ ያገኙት የነበረው ገቢ ሙሉ በሙሉ መቆሙን ተናግረዋል።
አረሙ እያደረሰ ያለውን ችግር ለመከላከል ህዝቡ በሳምንት ሁለት ቀን እየወጣ የማፅዳት ስራ ቢያከናውንም በፍጥነት ተመልሶ ስለሚወረው የመከላከሉ ስራ ከአካባቢው ህዝብ አቅም በላይ መሆኑን አስታውቀዋል።

Ethiopia’s ‘Islam Lesson’ for the West

By Raymond Ibrahim,The Christian Post Raymond Ibrahim is author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians. Yet another Christian church was destroyed by Muslims in Ethiopia—this time by local authorities. Heaven’s Light Church, which served some 100 evangelical Christians, was demolished last November 28. The church had stood and functioned in the Muslim-majority

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Ethiopia’s ‘Islam Lesson’ for the West

By Raymond Ibrahim,The Christian Post Raymond Ibrahim is author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians. Yet another Christian church was destroyed by Muslims in Ethiopia—this time by local authorities. Heaven’s Light Church, which served some 100 evangelical Christians, was demolished last November 28. The church had stood and functioned in the Muslim-majority

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I’m longing for you, comrades

By Zelalem Kibret From Kilinto prison, Addis Ababa Ethiopia O! The mighty reminiscence! Of all the thoughts nothing is more haunting than reminiscence. When I read, walk; sleep — in all of my daily routines I recall yesterday. Yesterday as if it is painted by one of the renaissance realist painters. Those yesterdays are here

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Why do Americans love ancient grains such as ‘teff’?

BBC Would you like to taste the health-giving grain found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun? Or feast on the unprocessed kernels said to have been stored on the ark by Noah? Or how about a vodka made from traditionally farmed Bolivian quinoa? If any of this whets your appetite, you are not alone. In

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NBE to Print Banknotes in Ethiopia

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) is on the process of establishing its own banknotes and security printing factory to print cash locally. The Bank announced a tender two weeks ago to hire an international consultancy firm to conduct a feasibility study for the printing plant on the state owned daily newspaper, The Ethiopian Herald.

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