They were allowed into Israel from 1984 under the Law of Return, which guarantees citizenship to all Jews, in an operation that was largely completed by 1991. We did not look, we did not listen enough," he said.īut Kerry said in Nairobi on Monday: "I'm confident that Israeli leadership will work this through in a way that honours the goals, and aspirations and traditions and values of the people of Israel".įor centuries, Jews in Ethiopia were largely cut off from other Jewish communities, and Israel's religious authorities only belatedly recognised them as members of the faith. Rivlin admitted Israel had made errors, describing the suffering of the minority as "an open and raw wound at the heart of Israeli society".
"I love this country and I want my children to have a future here, but today I feel more black than Jewish because the state has made us second-class citizens." it was very, very difficult to prove," he said, calling on Netanyahu to act "before it's too late".īenny Malassa said Ethiopians Jews were treated as second-class citizens. "Although there has been police violence against the Ethiopian community for many years. Speaking to reporters ahead of meeting the prime minister, Assefa-Dawit said the protests expressed the "deep pain" felt by a community which had suffered from years of police brutality. there is a problem: that there are discrimination and racism issues in Israel," said Fentahun Assefa-Dawit, head of the advocacy organisation Tebeka. "These demonstrations should bring the responsible authorities to their senses so they realise. The community, which immigrated in two waves in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, has long complained of political and economic marginalisation. Twelve demonstrators were also hurt.įorty-three people were arrested on suspicion of rioting and attacking police in one of the most violent protests in Israel for years, raising fears of further confrontation with the country's 135,000-strong Ethiopian Jewish community. Protesters threw stones, bottles and chairs, injuring 55 police officers. Organisers put the number of demonstrators at closer to 10,000. Images of the assault on Pakada were what sparked the first demonstration on Thursday with about 1,000 people calling for an end to police brutality and discrimination.Ī much larger gathering of what police said was 3,000 Ethiopian Israelis marched through Tel Aviv on Sunday with police using stun grenades, water cannon and pepper spray to disperse the crowd. The United States also weighed in with Secretary of State John Kerry saying in Nairobi he was "confident" Israel would probe violence against Ethiopian Jews. The protests, which saw thousands of angry Ethiopian Jews marching through the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, were the result of "real distress," he acknowledged after meeting the soldier in the video, Damas Pakada.
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