Cabinet approves plan to help second generation Ethiopian immigrants

Israel's Cabinet unanimously approved a plan to improve the absorption of Ethiopian immigrants into Israeli society.

The plan, approved Sunday at the regular Cabinet meeting, is designed to accelerate the integration process for the second generation members of the Ethiopian immigrant community into Israeli society and eradicate displays of racism against it.

"There is no place for racism in Israel, this is unacceptable, there is no place for racism and there is no place for the tolerance of racism. And perhaps most importantly, the Ethiopian immigrants, some of whom and some of whose parents, marched through Africa and overcame deadly dangers, to our sorrow, some did not arrive, they all set out in order to reach Zion. They are our flesh, they are part of us, and we will not tolerate any displays of racism against them."