Israel is about 5 times smaller than Eritrea
Posted: 18 Jan 2024, 18:13
Israel is about 5 times smaller than Eritrea and very poor in natural resources, yet Eritreans are flocking to tiny Israel in their thousands because they are incapable of building safe and liveable country, what a shame.
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Eritrean migrants barbecue for Israeli soldiers near Gaza border
An Eritrean volunteer helps to feed hungry soldiers near the Gaza Strip, Jan. 16, 2024. Photo by Rina Castelnuovo.
By Etgar Lefkovits | JNS January 17, 2024 at 5:23 p.m.
JNS) Dozens of Eritrean migrants hosted IDF soldiers serving on the border with Gaza to a festive barbecue dinner showing support for the country where they have sought shelter.
The extraordinary event saw the workers-[deleted]-asylum seekers and an IDF artillery unit stationed on the outskirts of this southern kibbutz, which was hard-hit in the Hamas invasion, break bread together.
“We feel that this is our country, and what happened on October 7 happened to us as well,” said 36-year-old Yhselu Gebrem.
Gebrem, who has lived in Israel for 12 years, noted that this was the fourth time their group of Christian Orthodox Eritreans who oppose the totalitarian government that has ruled Eritrea for the last four decades, ever since their country’s independence from Ethiopia, had come to volunteer on the Gaza-border, including previously offering a helping hand to farmers.
“We came to support the people of Israel during their difficult hour and to be at your side,” said Michael Russoi, 30, who came to Israel 14 years ago and works in a supermarket in Ashdod. “We saw what happened on [Oct. 7] and there are simply no words to describe it. Your enemy is the enemy of us all.”
Read more here
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/01/17 ... aza-border
IQ really matter!
Eritrean migrants barbecue for Israeli soldiers near Gaza border
An Eritrean volunteer helps to feed hungry soldiers near the Gaza Strip, Jan. 16, 2024. Photo by Rina Castelnuovo.
By Etgar Lefkovits | JNS January 17, 2024 at 5:23 p.m.
JNS) Dozens of Eritrean migrants hosted IDF soldiers serving on the border with Gaza to a festive barbecue dinner showing support for the country where they have sought shelter.
The extraordinary event saw the workers-[deleted]-asylum seekers and an IDF artillery unit stationed on the outskirts of this southern kibbutz, which was hard-hit in the Hamas invasion, break bread together.
“We feel that this is our country, and what happened on October 7 happened to us as well,” said 36-year-old Yhselu Gebrem.
Gebrem, who has lived in Israel for 12 years, noted that this was the fourth time their group of Christian Orthodox Eritreans who oppose the totalitarian government that has ruled Eritrea for the last four decades, ever since their country’s independence from Ethiopia, had come to volunteer on the Gaza-border, including previously offering a helping hand to farmers.
“We came to support the people of Israel during their difficult hour and to be at your side,” said Michael Russoi, 30, who came to Israel 14 years ago and works in a supermarket in Ashdod. “We saw what happened on [Oct. 7] and there are simply no words to describe it. Your enemy is the enemy of us all.”
Read more here
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/01/17 ... aza-border
