An Ethiopian Israeli stands next to a pool of blood in Rabin Square, and remarks: “See our blood is just like yours.”
A pool of blood in Rabin Square. ‘See, our blood is just like yours,’ a protester says (photo credit: Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
“You see that, that’s your brother you’re doing that to. That’s your brother you’re putting in jail,” another demonstrator comments to police as they carry out arrests.
Police in Rabin Square on May 3, 2015 (photo credit: Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
Yet another demonstrator, who is not identified, says he should have joined a combat unit, because he says we fight all these wars, but this is the “real war.”
On the sidelines of the violent protest, and in sharp contrast to the explosions and yelling, Ethiopian Israelis are calmly speaking to bystanders about the problems of racism in Israel.
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