Protests and demonstrations in Israel following the release of a video of an Ethiopian Israeli soldier being beaten by Israeli police have resulted in a storm of media coverage. Click here for a comprehensive collection, including the video.
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Author: Friends of Ethiopian Jews
May 1 2015
A demonstration by Israeli Jews of Ethiopian origin against police brutality turned violent on Thursday, with police using water canon to keep angry crowds away from the prime minister's residence. Click here for full story.
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April 24, 2015
Avraham Neguise, who made aliyah from Ethiopia thirty years ago, was one of 39 new members elected in March to serve in the twentieth Knesset. A member of the Likud party, Neguise is the sixth Ethiopian-Israeli elected to Knesset and the only one to serve in the new term. Click here for full story.
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September/29/2014
The IDF presents a report on Ethiopian Israelis in the army to a Knesset subcommittee. Read the Times of Israel article “Mixed results for the army’s Ethiopian Israeli program.
Click here to read the 9/29/14 Times of Israel article.
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