Though the vote reflected party politics in which Meretz bills are rejected in knee-jerk fashion, it is noteworthy that the Knesset formally rejected equality for homosexuals—although they remain oddly equal in other respects, including the right to demonstrate and to adopt.

Notably, the legal process differs from adoption, but stipulates that the child originally had two mothers.

We should also consider the human rights of the malaria mosquito, which suffered genocide at our hands 70 years ago. Meaningful restitution, pro-active demographic measures, and affirmative-action universities can bring justice to the aboriginal population of the Holy Land marshes.

They did not make known the exact nature of the discrimination, but apparently they want more money. Three decades ago they were declared adherents to Judaism, having practiced a vaguely similar religion for centuries without being ethnically Jewish. They were brought to Israel, where the government naturally settled them in compact communities—mainly because of their huge cultural, educational, and generally developmental distinction from the rest of the population. The subsequent decades have seen no integration of Ethiopians into Israeli society, but it would be a mistake to attribute their distinctive character to government policies; rather, a Bronze Age population cannot be integrated into modern society in a single generation.

The residents did not act, apparently, out of religious conviction or the common sense that Ethiopians have little to do with Jewish people. Their concern was purely social: they did not want a large underclass population in their area, especially since Ethiopians tend to live by dozens in a single apartment.

This a cultural issue, not racism.