- Title: ISRAEL-ETHIOPIAN DEMO Hundreds of Ethiopian Israelis protest in Tel Aviv
- Date: 3rd June 2015
- Summary: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (JUNE 3, 2015) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** POLICE SCUFFLE WITH ETHIOPIAN PROTESTERS POLICE LOCK ARMS TO BLOCK PROTESTERS PROTESTERS PUSH AGAINST POLICE POLICE AND DEMONSTRATORS SCUFFLE, POLICE ARREST MAN VARIOUS OF SCUFFLES BETWEEN POLICE AND DEMONSTRATORS POLICE WATCHING PROTESTERS WAVING ETHIOPIAN AND ISRAELI FLAGS POLICE CHASING
- Embargoed: 18th June 2015 13:00
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- Location: Israel
- Country: Israel
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Israeli police locked arms to push back hundreds of ethnic Ethiopian anti-racism protesters on Wednesday (June 3) in Tel Aviv where many tried to block a major traffic artery.
Police said they arrested two protesters. There were no reported injuries, but the confrontation lasted for hours.
Last month Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial city, saw its most violent demonstration in years when police on horseback charged at hundreds of protesters after a video emerged of police beating a soldier of Ethiopian descent.
The latest demonstration was held to press for speedier measures against police accused of involvement in that assault.
Ethiopian Jews, among thousands Israel airlifted in dramatic top-secret operations in the 1980s and 1990s, have long complained of discrimination in the country.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to address their grievances and has formed a cabinet committee to improve their integration.
At the panel's first session on Tuesday, Netanyahu denounced the notion of Israelis discriminating against others "because of the color of their skin, this is infuriating and we will fix it."
Israel is home to some 135,000 people with Ethiopian heritage. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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