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HiPointDem

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8. the article makes it pretty clear that the government has admitted it.

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 04:31 PM

Jan 2013

Israel has admitted for the first time that it has been giving Ethiopian Jewish immigrants birth-control injections, often without their knowledge or consent.

The government had previously denied the practice but the Israeli Health Ministry’s director-general has now ordered gynaecologists to stop administering the drugs. According a report in Haaretz, suspicions were first raised by an investigative journalist, Gal Gabbay, who interviewed more than 30 women from Ethiopia in an attempt to discover why birth rates in the community had fallen dramatically.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gave-birth-control-to-ethiopian-jews-without-their-consent-8468800.html

i'm not surprised; the us did similar things, as did countries in europe -- post ww2.

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Israel Follows In Nazi Footsteps, Forces Birth Control On African Jews [View all] Segami Jan 2013 OP

I have said that the Israelis learned well from the Nazis...... PDJane Jan 2013 #1

Abused children really do grow up to emulate their abusers Ian Iam Jan 2013 #18

I agree Janecita Jan 2013 #30

As do nations pocoloco Jan 2013 #32

you've said a lot more than that. cali Jan 2013 #23

And you've whined every time I say something that has its roots in truth. PDJane Jan 2013 #40

there's been a rise in Jews from that era PatrynXX Jan 2013 #35

I'm not sure if I agree with the premise. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #59

It will be fascinating to see .... Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #2

At least part of it is from a respectable UK newspaper. el_bryanto Jan 2013 #4

The only part that matters is from a decent newspaper. I was not referring to ... Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #7

Is Haaretz a good source? RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #6

I am unfamiliar with it. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #9

Ha'Aretz is Israel's main center left paper nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #46

Wow. So this really is nasty. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #49

Yup, it is nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #51

Yes. Haaretz is an excellent source. cali Jan 2013 #20

That's Israel's main news source. Matariki Jan 2013 #42

the article makes it pretty clear that the government has admitted it. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #8

Yes. I read it. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #12

Uh, I humbly suggest you watch out regarding this post. Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #3

Irs been tested/challenged/alerted, elleng Jan 2013 #27

This is one of the more disturbing stories I've heard in a while Marrah_G Jan 2013 #5

Just to make it clear, the US did this kind of thing into the 1970s, and beyond that HiPointDem Jan 2013 #10

It is likely that most people here are aware... redqueen Jan 2013 #15

"follows in nazi footsteps" = so yes. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #16

So if you ever walked between the rails you'd be a trolley car? TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #48

that's the ticket. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #58

Of course we are. From Prescott and his clan all the way to the present-day rethugs. People b4 profits Jan 2013 #22

The abused often become the abuser malaise Jan 2013 #11

Someone needs to go to prison. bunnies Jan 2013 #13

Well, don't worry. The Tea Party will put and end to this. You know how much they hate Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2013 #14

I so wanted to post this yesterday but figured it would just get hidden anyway. DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #17

Because we enable them!!! Janecita Jan 2013 #25

I'm not a citizen of America Ian Iam Jan 2013 #19

Well, we finance lots of them. And you Brits aren't much better. cali Jan 2013 #21

What foreign country has the most disproportionately-high influence Ian Iam Jan 2013 #24

Israel of course! Janecita Jan 2013 #26

Yep libodem Jan 2013 #29

Israel, the Gulf States and Britain. JackRiddler Jan 2013 #55

Well, I guess that's an improvement? Scootaloo Jan 2013 #33

See reply 24, please. Ian Iam Jan 2013 #36

Given our Homeland Security nonsense and a bunch of other things I could list, Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #37

How dare you criticize Israel?! KamaAina Jan 2013 #28

Just an example atreides1 Jan 2013 #31

Can't wait to see how the apoligists for Israel's government Chakab Jan 2013 #34

Check out the running thread in the I/P forum Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #44

Like the gungeon nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #47

Started in England .. I thought? legaleagle_45 Jan 2013 #38

It did start in England, PDJane Jan 2013 #43

Sigh... Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #39

Reminded me of this song Fumesucker Jan 2013 #41

This is what shows how rotten people can become nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #45

Absolutely disgusting rhetoric in this OP. tritsofme Jan 2013 #50

but you offered one nonetheless, utterly devoid of real substance... mike_c Jan 2013 #52

The Israeli government has admitted to this nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #53

Can I ask what you think the problem with it is? hrmjustin Jan 2013 #54

So you're in denial about what actually happened? JackRiddler Jan 2013 #56

This is beyond the pale. I will no longer support anything Israel does. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #57

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