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Chareidi Affirmative Action Proposal Rejected

By Eliezer Rauchberger

Another attempt to amend the law and to provide corrective preferential treatment for chareidi job-seekers fell short this week in the Knesset plenum when the coalition and opposition united to stymie the effort by United Torah Judaism representatives.

The Knesset plenum passed in a first reading a law that would enable affirmative action in Civil Service and municipal hiring for candidates of Ethiopian background. Past affirmative action programs established provisions for Arabs, Druse, Circassians and women.

According to the proposal approved by a majority of Knesset members with no opponents, when the number of people with the same qualifications and work experience apply for a job, and among the applicants is an Ethiopian, he must be given preferential hiring consideration to bring about fair representation of the Ethiopian community. Similar enactments provide this treatment for Arabs, Druse, Circassians and women.

 

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