Deep State in Israel is not so deep at all"
The baby-stealing practice itself, may be seen as reflecting a state that had and has minimal consideration for Human Rights, and in its early years was in the midst of a massive social engineering project: A new Israeli identity was constructed and enforced on masses of impoverished refugees, who poured in from post-WWII Europe, from the Middle East and from North Africa. The project also involved active suppression of the native languages and cultures of the immigrants, even the Yiddish culture, which was the native culture of most of the new state's leaders. [vii,viii]
In different forms, the same mindset continues to this date, but under the seal of the courts. The ease and numbers of children that are removed from their biological parents and given to foster care or adoption has been the subject of bitter social protest. [ix] And a 2013 Knesset committee on Children's Rights documents that even in recent years, children are taken from low socio-economic status families for adoption through dubious methods. [x]
LINKS:
i 2015-11-23 The Disappeared Yemenite Babies_Tablet
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/194601/disappeared-yemenite-babies
ii 2015-01-17 Yemenite Children Affair: Families of the kidnapped speak out_972mag.com
http://972mag.com/yemenite-children-affair-families-of-the-kidnapped-speak-out/101166/
iii 2016-08-16 Report Sparks Dozens of New Testimonies of Ashkenazi Kids Disappearing, Some in Pre-state Israel_Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.737076
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