Caught in the middle: Blacks in Israel say war is ‘inhumane’

By DaQuan Lawrence, the Afro

Over the last month, the latest iteration of the Israel-Hamas conflict has led to thousands of casualties, with protests taking place across the globe.

While the current conflict has captivated the world, many Americans are unaware of the large numbers of people of African descent in Israel, some who believe they are the descendants of African Israelites referenced in many biblical texts. Members of the African diaspora who are based in Israel and Palestine are affected, with many hoping for the violence to come to an end.

Asiel Ben Judah, a 75-year-old Black man from Chicago, Ill. is currently based in Herzliya, Israel. The AFRO was connected with Judah for a phone interview after meeting and speaking with his acquaintance, Ashriel Moore, in D.C. during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference in September.

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“Members of the African community who come from areas such as Sudan and Ethiopia– that are based in this region– are aware of 2,500 years of unbroken history. They can tell you what has happened over the last 70 years,”  Judah told AFRO. 

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Judah discussed how in the 1960s five disparate Black congregations in the U.S. united for pilgrimage to Israel. In recent decades, most migrants of African descent have come from nations on the African continent. t

Learn what has happened in Judah’s words.

Israel also protested in support of BLM.

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