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Jun. 30th, 2012 06:51 pm
Я плакалЪ. Можно даже сказать - обрыдался. Вот и сейчас, простите за мокрые пятна на экране...Haredim do not enjoy equal employment opportunities. The State of Israel's systematic, racial discrimination against ultra-Orthodox is meant to deny them equal employment opportunities. This is why the percentage of haredim who work in the public sector is close to zero. If the State is allowed to ban ultra-Orthodox, why should private employers act differently?
This alone should have motivated hundreds of thousands of haredim to take to the streets many years ago. According to studies, the poverty level within the ultra-Orthodox community should have bred significant crime and violence, but the haredi public is different. It is restrained. The ultra-Orthodox have suffered quietly for so many years and have given up basic human rights to protect their culture and freedom of religion. Since there is no special law for haredim, they pay much higher taxes than seculars in the same socio-economic class. Ultra-Orthodox usually have more children, so they pay more to finance the State and the banks' brutal interest rates, which effectively double the purchase price for apartments. The same goes for the indirect tax on food and clothing items – those with more children pay more. But despite paying more tax, the haredi cannot enjoy many of the things the State finances with his money, because they go against his way of life and religious beliefs. To add insult to injury, the State also sets special criteria aimed at humiliating and discriminating against the haredi.
В этой статье чудесно всё. Каждое слово. И автор тоже неизмеримо прекрасен.
Yehuda Shein is the founder of the "Equality Now" movement, which works to bring the various sectors of Israeli society closer together. На фото - Shein with social justice activists (Photo courtesy of Equality Now) Это, он, наверное, такой - мелкий, в белой футболке. Социальный активист. Есть такая работа, мля!
Он нас хочет сблизить! Как прекрасен этот мир, помотри! (С)
