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Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Ethiopian-Israeli police officers kept out of front ranks facing protesters
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice say a decision has been taken not to place Ethiopian-Israeli police officers among the units sent to contain the community’s protests over the killing of 19-year-old Solomon Tekah.
“We’re aware of the sensitivity of the situation for those officers, so it was decided not to place those officers in the ranks that will face the protesters, assigning them instead to other assignments,” a senior police source tells the Walla news site.
Some 900 Ethiopian-Israelis serve in the Israel Police.
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