Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this special order for solidarity with the Ethiopian Jews. Ethiopia is the worlds sixth poorest country and is continuously plagued by drought. famine. and disease. This wretched situation is exacerbated by the repressive rule of Lieutenant Colonel Mengistu. increasingly becoming yet another Soviet puppet. Ethiopian Jewish villages have been closed to outsiders. Emigration and Hebrew teaching are strictly forbidden. Synagogues have been forceably closed. Jews are not allowed to own land and are kept in virtual serfdom. Those Ethiopian Jews. or Falashas. who have managed to escape to Israel and other nations tell stories of great horror.
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