A whiff of Jewish "values".... (Pinch your nose)
haaretzdaily.com
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For six months, his family lived on the dole. Then, when no work was found for him, he was sent by the welfare authorities to a five-month course to complete 10 years of education. He finished the course about two months ago.
Every Thursday, he signs the work card at the employment office, but no suitable work arrangement has been found for him.
"I want to work," shouted Alamo this week. He says: When you work, life is worthwhile. I hate being unemployed. Not working makes me nervous. I want to be divorced from National Insurance and welfare. Last week they sent me to work at Hof Nitzan. I was happy, but when I got there, it turned out that they expect me to work on Shabbat. For 2,500 years my forefathers preserved their religion and it preserved them, but here if I want to work and to live, they demand that I violate the Shabbat. Of course, I didn't agree to work there, and I returned empty-handed to the employment office.
"When I arrived in Israel from Ethiopia I was 35 years old, and unfortunately, I have not yet been given the opportunity to learn something in order to be equal to others. I'm a young, strong man, and I want to be integrated into this country. But the country looks at us, the Jews of Ethiopia, with its eyes closed."
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