Discrimination and Compulsory Contraception Disputes in Beta Israel

Ethiopian Jews and other African black refugees from Sudan and other places are also discriminated against to some extent in Israel. The Israeli government refused to accept blood donation from Ethiopian Jews on the grounds of preventing infectious diseases.

At the beginning of 20 13, the media reported that the Israeli Jewish Affairs Bureau (JAFI) forced Ethiopian Jewish women who moved to Israel in transit camps to take long-term contraceptive injections in the past decade without the knowledge of the relevant parties, resulting in a 50% decline in the fertility rate of Ethiopian Jewish women in Israel in the past decade. After the incident was made public, it caused controversy and condemned racial discrimination and even genocide. Therefore, the Israeli Ministry of Health ordered all units to stop this measure.

20 10 some Israeli feminists accused Israel of its "sterilization policy" against Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, and distributed long-acting contraceptives such as medroxyprogesterone acetate to this ethnic group for a long time. According to the Immigration Bureau of the Israeli government, Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia have obtained various types of contraceptives, and they all volunteered to participate in family planning. Dr. Yifat Bitton, a member of Tmura, Israel's Anti-Discrimination Law Center, said that 60% of women receiving contraceptives are Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia, and this ethnic group only accounts for 1% of Israel's total population. "Such a huge contrast makes it impossible to reconcile and refute racist accusations in any logical way." Israeli officials initially denied the accusation, but later admitted it and instructed gynecologists to stop distributing contraceptives to Ethiopian immigrants if they were worried about the consequences.