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injunction against the Israel Tele-
vision broadcast. They charged it
would cause irreparable damage
to the community's image.
Mr. Har-Zahav, who filed the
petition on their behalf, argued
that even the previews for the
program had resulted in in-
stances of discrimination. Native
Israelis had removed their chil-
dren from a camp with Ethiopi-
an children at their caravan site
near Haifa while Ethiopian chil-
dren were barred from a nearby
beach, he said.
The court ruled that it would
not stop the broadcast but that
the community must be given the

Native Israelis had
removed their
children from a camp
with Ethiopian
children at their
caravan site while
Ethiopian children
were barred from a
nearby beach

chance to respond on television.
An Ethiopian representative ap-
peared and spoke at length on the
program.
The community also won the
right to go on the air again short-
ly after schools reopen next
month.
The Ethiopians want the op-
portunity to counter the damage
they believe was done by the re-
ports. — damage they fear will
show up in the classroom, said
Mr. Har-Zahay.
Meanwhile, Jewish Agency
Acting Chairman Yechiel Leket
issued a statement this week say-
ing that Israel had absorbed tens
of thousands of Ethiopian immi-
grants and "no massive occur-
rences of serious diseases' were
ever found among them.
He pointed to the more than
5,000 Ethiopian teens who study
and live in Youth Aliyah villages
and said, "Special health prob-
lems of public consequence were
never encountered there."
Uri Gordon, head of immigra-
tion and absorption for the
Agency, said the publicity does
the Ethiopians an injustice be-
cause it is based on partial and
faulty information.
The comprehensive medical
examinations prove the number
of people carrying the disease is
"small and inconsequential," he
said.

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Jerusalem (JTA) — Recent pub-
licity over the number of AIDS
cases among new Ethiopian im-
migrants apparently has fueled
discrimination and angered the
Ethiopian community as well as
public officials.
Israel Television recently aired
a program focusing on the inci-
dence of AIDS among the
Ethiopians.
Of the country's 1,123 known
AIDS carriers, 393 are Ethiopi-
ans, according to the Health Min-
istry.
But Ethiopian leaders, their
advocates and government offi-
cials say the numbers are mis-
leading and irresponsible.
First, all of the Ethiopians
have been tested for AIDS while
the general Israeli public has not,
said Ra'anan Har-Zahav, an at-
torney representing the Ethiopi-
ans. This makes it impossible to
draw a meaningful comparison
between the incidence of the dis-
ease among Ethiopians and
among the rest of the population,
he said.
Second, the number of actual
AIDS carriers among the gener-
public is estimated to be at
lei', twice the number of known
ea
rn Mr. Har-Zahay. The
Healti ministry said it employs
no suci estimate.
But the Ehiopian immigrants
are the only gittp in Israel that
is universally te& ed,, a spokes-
woman at the Heata, Ministry
confirmed. The policy bras adopt-
ed by the government in MI be-
cause "we knew they came from
an area which has a very large
risk of carrying this illness," said
Yifat Ben-Hay, the ministry's
spokeswoman.
At the same time, fewer than
0.7 percent of the Ethiopians are
AIDS carriers, she noted.
Absorption Minister Yair Tsa-
ban lashed out at what he called
the irresponsibility of the media
for reporting the story. He said it
was wrong to publish the report
about a single ethnic group be-
cause it automatically stigma-
tizes its members and could
generate racism, said a spokes-
woman.
Mr. Tsaban said that while the
public has a right to certain in-
formation, that right must be
weighed against the damage it
may cause, and in this case the
harm outweighed the benefit.
"The Ethiopian absorption is
a test of honor for Israeli society
and because of media competi-
tion, the absorption could be ru-
ined," he said.
Two Ethiopian advocacy
groups filed a petition with the
High Court seeking an interim

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