Let's say Coates did discuss Black Ethiopian Israelis — including the fact that as recently 2010 Israel was sterilizing Ethiopian Jewish women against their will because the state didn't want too many Black people. Wouldn't this fact paint an ever harsher picture of Israel? — Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet)
In response to criticism from Carly Pildis: "What is fascinating and troubling about Ta-Nehisi Coates analysis of the conflict in Israel is his wholesale erasure of Black and Brown Israelis. There are over 160,000 Black Ethiopian Israelis in Israel. Yet their voices, struggles and existence are missing from his analysis."