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A Colombian man is suing Israel's government after having been refused Aliyah. The case is pending in front of the country's Supreme Court and has brought international media attention to Israel's controversial Law of Return. As local Sephardi interest groups organize in support of the plaintiff, the government has been forced to address the issue and form a comprehensive committee to revise its approach as well as a less publicized sub-committee to address growing questioning regarding the origins of the country's Ashkenazi majority.
Minister of Diaspora
Teenagers claiming neo-nazi affiliation (Task Force 36)
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NIGHT, CENTRAL BUS STATION, TEL AVIV
The head-beams of the Tel-Aviv bound bus from Jerusalem illuminates the glowing paint from a freshly tagged swastika on the pillars supporting the elevated highway. On the sidewalk below, an African man wearing a colorful Fulbe robe stretches a three square meters cloth on which he lays out an assortments of fake Gucci sunglasses and Louis Vuitton handbags. After stopping his bus, the driver opens its side trunks and drops bags and suitcases by the street vendor's display as passengers disembark. First thrilled by the spontaneous crowd, the African man, grows nervous as passengers rush around the bus' trunks, stepping over his merchandise and getting confused when sorting out their luggage amongst the fake LVs. As passengers dissipates and the bus leaves, the man counts his units and re-arranges his layout.
From across the street, a teenager purposely throws his cigarette butt which lands on the cloth. The African vendor, quickly removes the lit cigarette but still notices a hole in the material. He looks up to now see four teenagers wearing Doc Martins boots at the foot of his display. He addresses them in elementary Hebrew but they reply in Russian.
-Why did you do this? You burnt a hole man.
The Russians look at each other as one tries on a pair of sunglasses.
-Sorry, man, I thought this was trash.
He grabs three other pairs of glasses and hands one each to his buddies.
-Anyways, what are you doing here, man... can't you see the sign, gesturing towards the painted swastika. This means no niggers.
The African man looks around to assess how isolated he is from other passers-by, and judging that he'll have to deal with the situation on his own, he folds his cloth without even packing anything first. The Russians laugh out loudly as he walks away carrying his pouch over his shoulder.
-That's it man, climb back up your tree.
SUB-COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN DIASPORA, KNESSET, JERUSALEM
Israel's Minister of Diaspora addresses members of the bipartisan sub-committee on European Diaspora in the wake of the publication of a new study from the University of Geneva's Department of Genetics & Evolution. The new study about the peopling of Europe confirms key findings from another recent study which had been widely debated in Zionist, anti-Zionist, scientific and pseudo-scientific circles around the globe.
The main committee, which has been set up in the wake of growing dissatisfaction regarding the Law of Return mainly from Sephardi community groups supporting the case of a Colombian man which was refused right of return and Israeli citizenship. The man, whose mother was a Christian of Native American origins could not unequivocally demonstrate that his late father was Jewish although the lineage was clear for Sephardi experts.
The combination of the two events in the midst of growing racism in Israel led to the government's establishment of the committee.