Ethiopians Resume Protests in Israel due to Racial Discrimination

Members of the Ethiopian community in  the occupied Palestine ( known as Israel) resumed protests  today.

They took to the streets after terminating mourning of a teen shot down dead by an Israeli cop.

Death of that lad stirred a wide spread indignation among the Ethiopians who have migrated to Palestine in the 80's and 90's.

The Ethiopians accuse Israel police of racism and using excessive force against them.

The Israeli police released a statement on Monday says that they won’t tolerate any violence or sealing the roads across the country.

The Ethiopians of Falash Mura migrants to Palestine had protested for a week against the racial discrimination of the government and society of Israel.

The black-skinned people face daily insults and disdains as the religious establishment refuses to approve them as righteous Jews.

It is worth to mention that three Ethiopian youths were killed in the course of the last two years.

Experts say that cycle of violence between the Falash Mura and the Israeli government will continue over the next years.

Racial practice gets support of the Israeli state at all levels. Violence would explode now or later within the Israeli society.

The sealed roads

The agitated members of the Falash Mura sealed roads in most cities of Israel. Thousands took to the streets for five days.

More than 111 cops were injured in clashes erupted between the angry Ethiopians. On the other hand, three policemen and about 100 Ethiopians were sent behind bar according statements of the spokesman of Israel Police quoted by France 24.

The world got shocked of the deep-rooted racial features in the Israeli society.

The Falash Mura is the name given to those of those being claimed of Beta Israel community in Ethiopia and Eritrea who converted to Christianity under pressure from the mission during the 19th and 20th centuries.

This term consists of Beta Israel who did not adhere to Israelite law, as well as converts to Christianity, who did so either voluntarily or who were forced to do so.

There are approximately 8,200 Falash Mura living in Ethiopia today. The Israeli government, in 2018, approved a plan to allow 1,000 of them to move to Israel.

They belong to the Beta Israel of Ethiopia; however, the Falash Mura converted to Christianity and are not considered under the Israeli Law of Return. Some have made it to Israel but many still reside in camps in Gondar and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, waiting their status for Aliyah ( migration). Some Falash Mura have reverted to Judaism.