Ethiopian protest

A second chance for Ethiopian Israelis - opinion

We observed how the police unfairly handles Ethiopian Israeli demonstrators with crushing brutality, as though they were enemies of the state.

 LIKUD MK Tsega Melaku (center) advances a bill in the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, last week, to expunge police records of Ethiopian Israelis arrested while protesting the police killing of Solomon Tekah in 2019. National Unity MK Pnina Tamano-Shata (right),  former minister
 Members of the Ethiopian community and activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest for justice to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2023

Adana family to meet with district attorney amid hit-and-run protest

 Protesters block the Ayalon highway in protest against the treatment of the hit-and-run case in which Rafael Adana, 4, was killed. August 23, 2023

Police officer stabbed during Tel Aviv protest against hit-and-run case

 Members of the Jewish Ethiopian community and overs block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, during a protest demand justice for to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, August 21, 2023.

Protesters block Ayalon road after the death of an Ethiopian child


Police reform now

The shooting of Ethiopian-Israeli Solomon Tekah set off nationwide protests by the community against what they claim is rampant police racism

ETHIOPIAN PROTESTERS hold a placard reading ‘I’m not just a color,’ during a demonstration against police brutality in which they blocked Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway, on January 30.

Ethiopian-Israeli teen killed by cop had alcohol, drugs in blood - autopsy

In light of these findings which indicate that Tekah was under the influence, sources said that they believe that the officer's claim that he felt like he was in danger can be given greater weight.

A protester confronts a policeman during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on July 2 over the shooting death of 19-year-old Ethiopian- Israeli Solomon Tekah

Police put officer who killed Ethiopian on forced leave

The decision came following the decision by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Monday to free the policeman and allow him to enter any police precinct apart from his regular one in the Haifa area.

A protester holding a sign saying 'It could happen to me' as police officers walk by

Racism in Israel?

Violent protests have stopped, but the anger the Ethiopian community feels has not

A protester confronts a policeman during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on July 2 over the shooting death of 19-year-old Ethiopian- Israeli Solomon Tekah

Court frees policeman who shot Ethiopian-Israeli

Charges reduced to ‘involuntary’ manslaughter.

Ethiopian-Israelis protest throughout the country

Knesset discusses the government "embarrassment" in integrating Ethiopians

The meeting took place following two weeks of protests by the Ethiopian community in the wake of the police shooting of Solomon Tekah.

21st Knesset

Dozens of Ethiopian Israelis protest outside Knesset

"The Germans and others didn’t let the Jewish people live freely,” Shula Mola said. “It is the same exact formula here in Israel.”

Ethiopian-Israelis protest outside Knesset July 15, 2019

Days of Outrage

Knesset Member Pnina Tamano-Shata of Blue and White, a member of the Ethiopian-Israeli community, condemned the violence but said the outburst of rage followed years of pent-up frustration.

A protester confronts a policeman during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on July 2 over the shooting death of 19-year-old Ethiopian- Israeli Solomon Tekah

PID to probe possible police false leak to harm teen’s reputation

A statement by PID said that the material being disseminated indicating that 18-year-old Solomon Tekah had a serious criminal record was false.

Protesters with a sign saying 'State of Israel, Being black is a crime'

Online incitement rises massively against Ethiopian-Israelis

A common comment was to tell Ethiopian-Israelis to “go back to Ethiopia,” others called them “terrorists,” and “wild animals.”

Protesters stand opposite police during a protest for the death of 18-year old Solomon Tekah of Ethiopian descent, after he was shot by police, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 2, 2019