Ethiopian Israelis Protest Police Violence After Killing





Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv Wednesday to protest racism and police brutality days after a young community member was shot dead by an officer.

Carrying signs accusing the police of "murder", the protestors blocked main intersections in the Israeli commercial capital ahead of a march to a central protest.

Yehuda Biadga, reportedly in his early 20s, was shot dead on January 18 in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, after rushing at a police officer holding a knife, according to eyewitnesses.

His mother, Mamia Biadga, had called the police to subdue her son who reportedly suffered from a mental condition, but says officers used excessive force.

"When a terrorist comes to murder, they don't shoot him," she said during the demonstration. "But Yehuda, who served in the army, had to be shot?"

The protestors, mainly young members of the community joined by supporters from other segments of Israeli society, marched to the nearby Ayalon highway chanting against the "police state" and calling for harsh measures to be taken against violent officers.

Community elders wearing traditional robes and holding colourful umbrellas herded the protestors with instructions in Amharic called through bullhorns.

Police looked on from a discreet distance and there were no immediate reports of clashes or arrests.

A police spokesman said the justice ministry's internal affairs department was investigating Biadga's death.

Shahar Mula, one of the demonstration's organisers, said Biadga's killing was "a trigger" for the rally, noting a series of incidents since 2015, when the community held protests over its problems.

"We came to protest... to convey a message that the police violence cannot continue," he told AFP, demanding dialogue with the government over the community's grievances.

For Shiran Tasama, the demonstration was connected to a broader cause.

"The racism (in Israel) is not directed only at the Ethiopian community, it's against all the disempowered populations," she said, calling on them to "unite".
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Ethiopians shut down Tel Aviv with protest against police brutality

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They should have stayed in Ethiopia. When they started this Falsha operation decades ago the rest of us knew they would be treated like ghetto people in Israel once there.

A lesson to my Nnamdi kanu who wants to migrate us to Israel someday

illitrate:
A lesson to my Nnamdi kanu who wants to migrate us to Israel someday

I think his wife should be nominated for sainthood. She's been waiting patiently for his return.

illitrate:
A lesson to my Nnamdi kanu who wants to migrate us to Israel someday

Somebody has to be really crazy to leave the natural fresh air and green forest of Nigeria to go live iin the dry desert sand of Israel. You can go work there and return back home , not to stay there forever.

panafrican:
They should have stayed in Ethiopia. When they started this Falsha operation decades ago the rest of us knew they would be treated like ghetto people in Israel once there.

They are gradually progressing

Also note that even ethnic Abrahamic Jews too face discrimination

In Israel you have the Ashkenezi Jews who are basically from Europe and you have the Sephardic Jews who are from the Arab world.The Ashkenezi look down on those from the Arab lands. The Morrocan Jews who are about 200,000 strong complain bitterly about discrimination.

grandstar:


They are gradually progressing

Also note that even ethnic Abrahamic Jews too face discrimination

In Israel you have the Ashkenezi Jews who are basically from Europe and you have the Sephardic Jews who are from the Arab world.The Ashkenezi look down on those from the Arab lands. The Morrocan Jews who are about 200,000 strong complain bitterly about discrimination.

Heard Western Jews ( from the US and Western Europe ) think they are superior to Jews from Eastern Europe or from other parts of the world. Those Western Jews such as
Netanyahu control the government and the economy. Netanyahu was born in the United States. He should go back to America.
This been said, those African Jews out there in Israel should have stayed in places where they use to live. They would not suffer any of the bad things they are now going through in Israel had they done that.

panafrican:

Heard Western Jews ( from the US and Western Europe ) think they are superior to Jews from Eastern Europe or from other parts of the world. Those Western Jews such as
Netanyahu control the government and the economy. Netanyahu was born in the United States. He should go back to America.
This been said, those African Jews out there in Israel should have stayed in places where they use to live. They would not suffer any of the bad things they are now going through in Israel had they done that.

They are doing much better than if they were in Ethiopia. And by the way, the word Falasha is a derogative word which means they faced severe discrimination in Ethiopia.

grandstar:


They are doing much better than if they were in Ethiopia. And by the way, the word Falasha is a derogative word which means they faced severe discrimination in Ethiopia.

Lies.
This was a propaganda engineered by Israel on purpose to take those Ethiopian and enlist them in the army. You guys were looking for soldiers because many young White Israelis were not enthusiastic to fight for the occupation war .

panafrican:

Lies.
This was a propaganda engineered by Israel on purpose to take those Ethiopian and enlist them in the army. You guys were looking for soldiers because many young White Israelis were not enthusiastic to fight for the occupation war .

Per capital income in Israel is at least 40 times that of Ethiopia, why won't their lives be better off there?

Also the airlift I'm sure was arranged by Shamir. The aim then was to populate Israel and not simply to join the draft. The draft is compulsory for all Jews whether enthusiastic or not

grandstar:


They are gradually progressing

Also note that even ethnic Abrahamic Jews too face discrimination

In Israel you have the Ashkenezi Jews who are basically from Europe and you have the Sephardic Jews who are from the Arab world.The Ashkenezi look down on those from the Arab lands. The Morrocan Jews who are about 200,000 strong complain bitterly about discrimination.

That was in the past , I don't think that happens again.

urahara:



That was in the past , I don't think that happens again.

I doubt it will end. Just the degree of discrimination will be reduced.

grandstar:


Per capital income in Israel is at least 40 times that of Ethiopia, why won't their lives be better off there?

" Per capita " is a misleading data value. For instance take a population of 100 people where 2 people earn 50 billion each, and 98 share a dollar in total . What would be the dollar value per capita?
( $ 100 billion + $ 1 )/ 100 = 1 billion and 1 cent per capita, meaning each person earns at least $ 1 billion .
Do you see how cruel and hypocritical this is ?

grandstar:


I doubt it will end. Just the degree of discrimination will be reduced.

I have heard that Ethiopians don't consider themselves as black and even some consider themselves better than negro blacks but funny enough in Israel they call themselves blacks and even carry black lives matter cardboards up and down protesting. Lool.

Just goes to show that outside Africa , no one cares about how pointed your nose is or how great your ancient civilization was , so far your country is a failure , you are treated with disdain. Just what Ethiopians Jews are going through now.

urahara:



I have heard that Ethiopians don't consider themselves as black and even some consider themselves better than negro blacks but funny enough in Israel they call themselves blacks and even carry black lives matter cardboards up and down protesting. Lool.

Just goes to show that outside Africa , no one cares about how pointed your nose is or how great your ancient civilization was , so far your country is a failure , you are treated with disdain. Just what Ethiopians Jews are going through now.

Not all Ethiopians are like that. There is misunderstanding.

And I don't know why Felashas fly to Israel. I don't get the point, it isn't their first time shutting down tel Aviv. They are being treated no less than a slave. They better get back here and live a better life. This isn't life

No better place than home.Their home is Ethiopia. Tell them to keep that reality in mind.