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The state of Eritrea is so bad people are running away from it to countries like Israel taking the risk of getting shot to death in all the countries they pass

by iddan 8y ago

benj111 8y ago
Why Israel? Eritrea seems to be half and half Christian and Muslim.
- azernik 8y ago
  Nothing to do with religion. It's only three land border crossings away, no need to cross the Mediterranean like you would if you went to Europe. Not quite as nice as Germany or Sweden, but much safer to get to.
  - benj111 8y ago
    Perhaps. If you could get to Israel could you not get to southern Europe? If I were a Muslim, I know where I'd be avoiding.
    - azernik 8y ago
      Paying a smuggler to get you across the Mediterranean is expensive, the death rate is high, and many of the transit countries like Libya you'd end up waiting in are seriously dangerous for foreigners who don't have the protection of a great power. Regarding the undesirability of ending up in Israel - Israeli discrimination is mostly based on ethnicity, not on religion. Christian Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, though economically well-off, are treated by the state as security threats in a way that Muslim Eritreans aren't.
- Someone 8y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel: ”Beta Israel (Hebrew: בֵּיתֶא יִשְׂרָאֵל, Beyte Yisra'el; Ge'ez: ቤተ እስራኤል, Beta ʾƏsrāʾel, modern Bēte 'Isrā'ēl, EAE: "Betä Ǝsraʾel", "House of Israel" or "Community of Israel"), also known as Ethiopian Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדֵי אֶתְיוֹפְּיָה: Yehudey Etyopyah; Ge'ez: የኢትዮጵያ አይሁድዊ, ye-Ityoppya Ayhudi), are Jews whose community developed and lived for centuries in the area of the Kingdom of Aksum and the Ethiopian Empire that is currently divided between the Amhara and Tigray Regions of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Most of these peoples have emigrated to Israel since the late 20th century.” These people could easily become Israeli citizens because ”After Halakhic and constitutional discussions, Israeli officials decided, in 1977, that the Israeli Law of Return applied to the Beta Israel.” (”The Law of Return is legislation enacted by Israel in 1950, that gives all Jews, persons of Jewish ancestry up to at least one Jewish grandparent, and spouses of Jews the right to immigrate to and settle in Israel and obtain citizenship, and obliges the Israeli government to facilitate their immigration.”)
  - benj111 8y ago
    "Regions with significant populations .... Ethiopia 4000 United States 1000 " So it seems unlikely Eritrea would have a significant population.
    - Someone 8y ago
      4,000 are left after about 90,000 emigrated to Israel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel#Emigration_to_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel#Emigration_to_Isra...)

The state of Eritrea is so bad people are running away from it to countries like Israel taking the risk of getting shot to death in all the countries they pass

by iddan 8y ago

The state of Eritrea is so bad people are running away from it to countries like Israel taking the risk of getting shot to death in all the countries they pass

benj111 8y ago

Why Israel? Eritrea seems to be half and half Christian and Muslim.

azernik 8y ago
Nothing to do with religion. It's only three land border crossings away, no need to cross the Mediterranean like you would if you went to Europe. Not quite as nice as Germany or Sweden, but much safer to get to.
- benj111 8y ago
  Perhaps. If you could get to Israel could you not get to southern Europe? If I were a Muslim, I know where I'd be avoiding.
  - azernik 8y ago
    Paying a smuggler to get you across the Mediterranean is expensive, the death rate is high, and many of the transit countries like Libya you'd end up waiting in are seriously dangerous for foreigners who don't have the protection of a great power. Regarding the undesirability of ending up in Israel - Israeli discrimination is mostly based on ethnicity, not on religion. Christian Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, though economically well-off, are treated by the state as security threats in a way that Muslim Eritreans aren't.
Someone 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel: ”Beta Israel (Hebrew: בֵּיתֶא יִשְׂרָאֵל, Beyte Yisra'el; Ge'ez: ቤተ እስራኤል, Beta ʾƏsrāʾel, modern Bēte 'Isrā'ēl, EAE: "Betä Ǝsraʾel", "House of Israel" or "Community of Israel"), also known as Ethiopian Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדֵי אֶתְיוֹפְּיָה: Yehudey Etyopyah; Ge'ez: የኢትዮጵያ አይሁድዊ, ye-Ityoppya Ayhudi), are Jews whose community developed and lived for centuries in the area of the Kingdom of Aksum and the Ethiopian Empire that is currently divided between the Amhara and Tigray Regions of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Most of these peoples have emigrated to Israel since the late 20th century.” These people could easily become Israeli citizens because ”After Halakhic and constitutional discussions, Israeli officials decided, in 1977, that the Israeli Law of Return applied to the Beta Israel.” (”The Law of Return is legislation enacted by Israel in 1950, that gives all Jews, persons of Jewish ancestry up to at least one Jewish grandparent, and spouses of Jews the right to immigrate to and settle in Israel and obtain citizenship, and obliges the Israeli government to facilitate their immigration.”)
- benj111 8y ago
  "Regions with significant populations .... Ethiopia 4000 United States 1000 " So it seems unlikely Eritrea would have a significant population.
  - Someone 8y ago
    4,000 are left after about 90,000 emigrated to Israel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel#Emigration_to_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel#Emigration_to_Isra...)