World IN BRIEF : ISRAEL : Ethiopian to Run for Parliament
Just days after riots by thousands of Ethiopians, one of the black Jewish immigrants became the first from his community to announce that he is running for a seat in the Israeli parliament. Addisu Messele, 34, announced his candidacy after a meeting in which Israeli President Ezer Weizman discussed with immigrant leaders the controversy over the national blood bank routinely discarding Ethiopian donations because of AIDS fears. Messele, 34, is chairman of the United Ethiopian Jewish Organizations and has worked since his immigration to bring other Ethiopian Jews to Israel and help them integrate.
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