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A display at Amram's exhibition on the Yemenite Children Affair in London. (Joanne Rosenthal)
‘Ragged rats’: London exhibit captures the racism that tore apart Mizrahi families
The new exhibition highlights the overlooked role of diaspora Zionist organizations in the kidnapping and adoption of Israel’s Yemenite children.
By Leeor Ohayon December 1, 2022
Photo of Yemenite children who were taken from their parents and disappeared.
The state must come clean about the fate of the Yemenite children
Between 1948 and 1952, thousands of Yemenite babies, children of immigrants to the newly-founded State of Israel were reportedly taken from their parents by Israel’s nascent medical establishment and disappeared. Now it is time for the state to come clean about what really happened. By Tom Mehager In all our innocence we believed that if…
By Haokets June 26, 2016
Israelis march during a protest calling for social justice, Hatikva neighborhood, south Tel Aviv, June 14, 2012. (photo: Activestills.org)
Stop blaming Mizrahim for everything wrong in Israel
Despite what many commentators would have you think, Israeli elections were not decided by racism among Israel’s Mizrahi population. By Leeor Ohayon Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election is largely credited to votes from the Mizrahi periphery, but to credit the Mizrahi periphery alone would be naïve. The Likud party, after all, is an Ashkenazi one at heart,…
By +972 Magazine March 26, 2015
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Yemenite Children Affair: Families of the kidnapped speak out
Between the years 1948 and 1952, thousands of babies, children of mostly Yemenite immigrants to the newly-founded State of Israel, were allegedly taken away from their parents and given up for adoption to Ashkenazi families. Now a group of activists is telling the stories of the traumatized families who vow never to forget. (Translated from…
By Haokets January 17, 2015
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