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israelfacts: A Health Ministry inspector poured bleach over...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:28:05 +0100

A Health Ministry inspector poured bleach over pots full of food in a Sudanese restaurant in Tel Aviv Sunday night.

The inspector, from the ministry’s district office for Tel Aviv, was participating in a raid by police and municipal inspectors on illegal businesses owned by African migrants. Altogether, the raid shut down 10 businesses in the city’s Neveh Sha’anan neighborhood, confiscating their equipment and welding the doors shut. The equipment was then loaded onto vans by other African migrants who had been hired as contract workers.

Many diners saw the inspector pouring bleach on the food, and one, asylum-seeker Aladin Abaker from Sudan’s Darfur region, posted photos of the incident on his Facebook page. He also described his feelings of humiliation.

“Everyone − except the destroyers − was in tears from the humiliation,” he wrote. “The waitress told us, ‘I’ve seen very harsh things in my life, like torture in Sinai, but this humiliated me more than what happened to me in Sinai.”

Abaker accused the inspector of “insensitivity to people and their culture, which sees food as a sacred thing that must be respected,” and said the raid was aimed at “embittering our lives so we’ll return to Africa ‘voluntarily.’”

Altogether, he said, more than 200 kilograms of meat, chicken and fish and over 500 prepared meals were destroyed.

The inspectors said they didn’t know where the meat came from and therefore feared for the diners’ health, Abaker wrote. “We told them: But this is the only place we’ve eaten all our meals for four years now, and none of us ever had stomach problems. Even whites eat here.”

The Health Ministry responded that inspectors had discovered “deplorable sanitary conditions, food stored under unsuitable conditions and temperatures, and food from unknown sources. In order to preserve the public’s health and that of the diners themselves, it was decided to destroy the food immediately. As part of the process of destroying the food, chemicals suitable to this purpose are used. It should be noted that this was a routine process of food destruction that is no different from other destructions of food/meat.”

Tel Aviv’s deputy city manager, Ruby Zelof, said the raids were carried out “to eradicate the undesirable phenomenon of businesses operating illegally, with sanitation and safety problems and illegal connections to electricity and water, and sales of alcoholic beverages without permits.”

Haaretz | Photo credit: Aladin Abaker

Israel is deporting Africans and also planning to put tens of thousands into detention camps.

Knesset Member Miri Regev — a member of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud Party — called the refugees “a cancer in our body” and Danny Danon — also a Likud Knesset Member — wrote on his Facebook page referring to the Africans as “infiltrators”. Interior Minister Eli Yishai said the African asylum seekers threaten “the Zionist dream,” adding, “Jobs will root them here.”

See also:

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Israeli woman has her photo taken with Africans, titles the Facebook album: “Late night tour of the Tel Aviv Safari”, captions the photo: “There are no signs forbidding taking pictures with the animals. There were no signs that forbid feeding, but we passed on that.”

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Thu, 16 May 2013 23:27:50 +0100

soulbrotherv2: Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:24:17 +0100

soulbrotherv2:

Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation by Beth E. Richie

Black women in marginalized communities are uniquely at risk of battering, rape, sexual harassment, stalking and incest. Through the compelling stories of Black women who have been most affected by racism, persistent poverty, class inequality, limited access to support resources or institutions, Beth E. Richie shows that the threat of violence to Black women has never been more serious, demonstrating how conservative legal, social, political and economic policies have impacted activism in the US-based movement to end violence against women. Richie argues that Black women face particular peril because of the ways that race and culture have not figured centrally enough in the analysis of the causes and consequences of gender violence. As a result, the extent of physical, sexual and other forms of violence in the lives of Black women, the various forms it takes, and the contexts within which it occurs are minimized - at best - and frequently ignored. Arrested Justice brings issues of sexuality, class, age, and criminalization into focus right alongside of questions of public policy and gender violence, resulting in a compelling critique, a passionate re-framing of stories, and a call to action for change.

petitfemmenoir: eedyeh: hey boo, what that mouth...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:21:51 +0100

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eedyeh:

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Maxwell’s mouth appreciation moment.

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Thu, 16 May 2013 23:21:39 +0100

beautiffulcurls: Follow and submit your photo BeauTIFFul Curls...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:21:27 +0100

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mariavontraphouse: il-tenore-regina: thedarkchocolatedandy: ma...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:20:27 +0100

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ytsanosmi: aprill-showers: Team Lightskinned (by CNN) This...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:18:41 +0100

ytsanosmi:

aprill-showers:

Team Lightskinned (by CNN)

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finethankyouandyou: Malcolm in Accra, Ghana, May 1964, holding...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:16:21 +0100

finethankyouandyou:

Malcolm in Accra, Ghana, May 1964, holding the Koran given to him by Alhaji Isa Wali, Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana (right).

Photo by Alice Windom.

sarraounia: Guinée française, jeune femme donnant le lait à son...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:13:50 +0100

sarraounia:

Guinée française, jeune femme donnant le lait à son bébé.

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Thu, 16 May 2013 23:13:05 +0100

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Thu, 16 May 2013 23:11:35 +0100

maudelynn: Vintage Photo Booth

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:03:25 +0100

maudelynn:

Vintage Photo Booth

thetinycloset: double slit custom dress by Tiny Closet...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:36:07 +0100

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double slit custom dress by Tiny Closet Collection

itsdivaduh: u betta werk!

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:34:15 +0100

itsdivaduh:

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Fri, 10 May 2013 10:25:04 +0100

"Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable"

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:10:55 +0100

“Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable”

- Janelle Monae BET Black Girls Rock acceptance speech (via thirstyla)

thenainattraxn: notesonascandal: gradientlair: Legendary...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:10:29 +0100

thenainattraxn:

notesonascandal:

gradientlair:

Legendary Black women in film/television! Diahann Caroll (77), Cicely Tyson (79), Nichelle Nichols (80), Ruby Dee (90).

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MAMAS.

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Wed, 08 May 2013 03:11:42 +0100

thechanelmuse: Photos that speak: Fuck your fountain....

Wed, 08 May 2013 03:09:08 +0100

thechanelmuse:

Photos that speak: Fuck your fountain. Fuck your tree. Fuck voter suppression. Fuck your labels. Fuck your stereotypes. Fuck your hatred. Fuck your restaurants. Fuck that dude. Fuck police brutality. Fuck white supremacy.