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Segami

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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 03:52 PM Jan 2013

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

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Eugenics is the applied science of the bio-social movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population, usually a human population. It is a social philosophy which advocates for the improvement of human hereditary traits through the promotion of higher reproduction of more desired people and traits, and the reduction of reproduction of less desired people and traits. (Wikipedia)





At its essence, the evil of eugenics is what the Holocaust was about. The Nazis were obsessed with racial purity and that meant eliminating all “undesirables” like Negros, homosexuals, gypsies and, of course, Jews. Millions were killed in adherence to this sick philosophy in which other races were somehow “inferior.” This was the end result of an escalating series of sanctions carried out against those deemed unworthy. But before the Final Solution was enacted, a series of forced sterilizations was systematically carried out with brutal efficiency. One of the darkest secrets of America’s involvement in World War II is that the Nazis learned the concept of eugenics from the United States. We had been quietly sterilizing “undesirables” for some time. An even darker secret is that we didn’t stop until the 1970s, thirty full years after we had learned the horror that eugenics had wrought. It is not unreasonable to think that the country of Israel would recoil in disgust at this kind of barbarism. Unbelievably, this is not the case. Over the weekend, the Israeli government, after repeated denials that Jewish women immigrating from Africa where given birth control injections without their knowledge or consent, changed their narrative. Via The Independent:


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.

One of the Ethiopian women who was interviewed is quoted as saying: “They [medical staff] told us they are inoculations. We took it every three months. We said we didn’t want to.” It is alleged that some of the women were forced or coerced to take the drug while in transit camps in Ethiopia.


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



In other words, this was a deliberate government program to suppress the growth of the black population in Israel. There is no indication that it would have been stopped had the program not been exposed. This is literally the same thing the Nazis did and for precisely the same reasons:


Nearly 100,000 Ethiopian Jews have moved to Israel under the Law of Return since the 1980s, but their Jewishness has been questioned by some rabbis. Last year, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who also holds the health portfolio, warned that illegal immigrants from Africa “threaten our existence as a Jewish and democratic state.”



That the Israeli government would follow in the steps of the monsters that once tried to wipe the Jewish people from the face of the earth is sick on so many levels it is difficult to comprehend. The implicit racism is unquestionable and undeniable. That it was being carried out in secret is a clear indication the Netanyahu administration does not believe public opinion will be on its side. And for good reason; most Jews like myself, even if they were born decades after the Holocaust, have a keen awareness of the evils perpetrated during that time. A popular refrain, almost a mantra, is “Never Forget,” basically a short hand for, “Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.” How long was it before mandatory sterilizations were implemented? It is now clear that the Israeli government has forgotten the nightmare that the eugenics movement spawned. They can no longer claim, as they often do, to speak for the Jewish people, whether in Israel or throughout the world. Any Jew who would knowingly emulate the greatest evil the world has ever seen has lost their moral compass.





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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
Locking REP Jan 2013 #60
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