Let's disucss apartheid in the Middle East, shall we? There were 900,000 Jews in the Arab world in 1948. Today there are fewer than 8,000. Israel has an Arab minority which totals almost 20% of the population. The Palestinians insist the land they claim must be Judenrein.
Many Ethiopian Jews were killed during that nation's civil war. As Jews they were deemed untrustworthy by both sides. The reason for the massive airlift was because the Felash Mura were being killed by the thousands in what was basically an attempt at genocide. The same people who killed Jews then run the Ethiopian government now. Prime Minister Sharon needs to make sure the government does everything and anything it can to bring the rest of the Felash Mura safely to Israel.