Ethiopian Israeli Teen Shot & Killed by Police

Solomon Tekah, age 18, was shot and killed by an off-duty Israeli policeman on Sunday evening in Kiryat Haim, a Haifa suburb.     Protests about the shooting – which was unjustified according to witnesses – were being held yesterday and today all over Israel.   Read the report in the Times of Israel, here, and the Jerusalem Post, here.

The Ethiopian Israeli community is angry, devastated and outraged.  Solomon was well-regarded in the Haifa neighborhood where he lived and participated in many community programs. 

 

Watch the new chairwoman of the Association of Ethiopian Jews, Efrat Yerday, speak about the incident.

 

Here are three perspectives from three organizations FEJ supports:

Tsega Melaku, KHA Board Chair

Shula Mola, AEJ Board Chair

Fentahun Assefa-Dawit, Tebeka Executive Director