Ethiopian jews threaten hunger strikes should Israel withdraw funds for family reunions
Members of Ethiopia's Jewish community hold pictures of their relatives in Israel, during a solidarity event at the synagogue in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia yesterday
REPRESENTATIVES of Ethiopia’s ancient Jewish community are threatening a mass hunger strike if Tel Aviv withdraws funding to help them join family members in Israel.
Most of the 8,000 Jews still living in Ethiopia have relatives in Israel, as do millions of Palestinian refugees forced into exile, but racist zionist laws prevent displaced Arabs from returning to the land of their birth.
Israeli planes flew out 14,500 Ethiopian Jews from their homeland in less than two days in 1991, taking them to Israel.
