Israeli minister in Ethiopian racism row
By Tim Butcher in Jerusalem
Last Updated: 2:28am BST 04/08/2007
Israel's interior minister faces accusations of racism after he suggested suspending the policy of allowing Ethiopians with Jewish ancestry to move to the country.
While rabbinical authorities judge the so-called Falash Mura to be sufficiently Jewish to qualify for Israeli citizenship, Meir Sheetrit said they were not really Jewish and had been let in only because of "political correctness"...
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