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May. 9, 2021
Only 134 students of Ethiopian origin studied mathematics at the highest, 5-point level. This represents about 4.8 percent of all Ethiopian Israeli 12th graders in high schools, while among Jewish high school students in general, 21 percent take the 5-point matriculation exam. These figures come from a new study of the gaps in educational achievement between Ethiopian Israelis and their peers.
The study – conducted by Dr. Svetlana Chachashvili-Bolotin, Dr. Ravit Talmi-Cohen and Lior Yohanani of the Institute for Immigration and Social Integration at the Ruppin Academic Center – also found that despite an improvement in eligibility for matriculation certificates in recent years, there are still big differences between this group and the others, especially in the more prestigious subjects such as 5-point math, sciences and English.
Israel’s Supreme Court Limits Racial Profiling, but Loopholes Remain Tara Kavaler
In landmark case, police must now have cause to ask for ID
In a landmark decision, Israel’s Supreme Court has unanimously held that there are limits to the police’s power to stop people and ask for identification.
The decision announced on January 26 was hailed by the Ethiopian community in Israel as well as by rights activists and organizations, who say the police disproportionally stop minorities such as Ethiopian Israelis and Arab Israelis. Their elation over the decision, however, is tempered by loopholes in the law and other police policies that will allow the practice of racial profiling to continue.
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Jan. 3, 2021
Two years after the launch of a program to expunge the criminal records of Israelis who came from Ethiopia, only 23 have been pardoned, out of 115 applications that were submitted to the Ministry of Justice.
According to figures released this week by the ministry’s unit that deals with pardons, eight other applications are still under review, waiting for a decision. The Ministry of Justice and organizations helping people from Ethiopia say that the number of applications is lower than expected, describing the plan as a failure.
“I walk around with a sense of frustration over this plan, since with all the goodwill, it hasn’t really been a success,” attorney Nohi Politis, the head of the pardon-reviewing unit, told Haaretz.