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


Gilad Erdan: We will fight for right to protest, will not tolerate anarchy

Erdan expressed his disappointment in the fact that some of the protesters "operate with great violence."

MK Gilad Erdan, 2019.

Protests in Haifa after Ethiopian teen shot by off-duty police officer

"He was a child with the happiness of life, who knew to hug, to help and to support," said Solomon's father. "He was so caring, with a huge heart, a child who gave greatly."

Ethiopian Jews protest in Tel Aviv after the murder of 24-year-old Yehuda Biagda due to police brutality, Jan. 2019.

Ethiopian protesters close highway, chant: Violent cops belong in prison

Yehuda Biadga, 24, was shot and killed by a police officer earlier this month after Biagda rushed at him with a knife.

An Ethiopian-Israeli woman lighting a memorial candle in memory of Yehuda Biagda

'White' Israelis ask 'Would you shoot me?' ahead of Ethiopian rally

"It's a shame that the police depict us as a terror organization," said organizer Shahar Mula.

Ethiopians demonstrating against discrimination in J'lem

Ethiopians to protest 'racist violence' toward their community

"We see acts of violence towards Ethiopian Jews on a daily basis, but Yehuda's case is the last straw. We just wish to show that we will not stand for it anymore."

Israelis of Ethiopian descent take part in a protest

The land of promises unkept

How can we Israeli citizens remain silent to what is an absolute injustice, that goes against the values that the Zionist state was founded on?

Ethiopian protesters

Time to feel discomfort as our brethren languish

Now is the time for every Israeli to feel discomfort.

Ethiopian protesters

Activists demonstrate for aliya rights for Ethiopia's remaining Jews

"I received an identity card from Deri's ministry, but what about my 8,000 brothers?"


Activists to demonstrate for Ethiopia's remaining Jews outside Deri's home

Activists and Ethiopian olim whose family members are still in Ethiopia, waiting to come to Israel, will protest outsider Interior Minister Aryeh Deri's home beginning Tuesday evening.

"If I'm Jewish, my brother is too" poster from the Campaign for the Aliya of Ethiopia's Remaining Jews

Ethiopian youth ordered to deposit bonds to be allowed to visit Israel

The Interior Ministry made sure that Shparo left financial guarantees back home so he will return to Ethiopia at the end of his trip, as is customary with Ethiopian Jews who've been refused Aliyah.

Sintiyahu Shparo