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132 Fleetwoo Street

Ashville

September 20,2009

The Editor

Around Town

P.O Box 52

Ashville

Dear Editor,

I am writing in response to the article “Ethiopian pupils not welcome in Petah Tikva”.I would like to express my opinion about the decision of the schools in Petah Tikva.I feel that the schools do not have the right to decide who goes to school and who does not.

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To begin with, I think that every child has the right to go to school, no matter what theirs skin color or from where they come from. I am against the treatment that the Ethiopian students have to suffer because of theirs skin color.

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As for the schools that is against teaching the Ethiopian students, I think that they make a mistake, and just increase the problem of Racial discrimination against the Ethiopians. In this way they prevent  from the students in those schools  connections with Ethiopians.

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In conclusion, I hope that this problem will be solved soon, and that the students will be able to go to school without any problem.

Yours truly,

Anastasia .k.

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Daphna

Dilemma: Who Decides Whether Bereaved Son Should Serve?

Ilan ramon, the first Israeli astronaut , was the space shuttle pilot in the fatal mission of Columbia, where he and six other crew members were killed. Asaf Ramon, Ilan’s Ramon son, found his death, six years after his father's death, also in a plane accident. The question that comes up is: Whether Bereaved Son Should Serve?
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I think that sons of bereaved families Should not serve in a combat position.
First, the bereaved families got through a lot of pain and sadness as a result of a lost theirs son, father or brother . From my personal experience, I know how hard it is to overcome a loss of a close and dear person to your heart.

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Secondly, I think that this is wrong to ask bereaved families to risk another live of a family member , To send them to the army without knowing what would happen to them, and if they finish the army without getting hurt.

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In conclusion, I am against letting Bereaved Sons, fathers or brothers to serve in a combat position.If they still want to serve in army, they can serve but not in the combat position .

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Daphna

Ethiopian pupils not welcome in Petah Tikva

We are all familiar with the problem of racial discrimination against the Ethiopian.

What is a racial discrimination?. Racial discrimination is treating people differently through a process of social division into categories not necessarily related to races. Unfortunately, this problem harms the education of Ethiopian kids that can't go to school .

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Ethiopian kids was banned from religious schools in Petah Tikva. In my opinion, it is unfortunate that some people discriminate others because of their skin color, not allowing them to live a peaceful life.

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I think that no one has the right to prevent kids from going to school and gain knowledge.

Many of these children were born in Israel and so presumably do not suffer academically for lack of Hebrew and there is no reasonable reason why they can’t go to a religious schools.

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In conclusion, we are all equal Despite the difference in our color skin, ethnic and religious beliefs. I hope that this problem will be solved in the near future.


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