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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 341

Ethiopian-Israeli protests

Family members and supporters of Solomon Tekah protest while Haifa Magistrate's Court Judge Zayed Falah and the the policeman accused of fatally shooting Solomon Tekah visit the scene in Kiryat Haim where he was killed, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
May 19, 2024, 1:31 pm
Police investigators appeal acquittal of officer in Soloman Tekah killing
Department for Internal Police Investigations says officer violated warning shot procedures, and acquitting him would create ‘real potential to endanger life in the future’
By Jeremy Sharon
Family members and supporters of Solomon Tekah protest as Haifa Magistrate's Court Judge Zaid Falah and the policeman accused of negligent manslaughter in Tekah's death visit the scene of the incident in Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
April 2, 2024, 8:51 pm
Police officer in slaying of Ethiopian-Israeli youth acquitted of negligent manslaughter
Court finds police officer’s life was endangered by Solomon Tekah, that the warning shot he fired was a reasonable action, and that he acted in self-defense
By Jeremy Sharon
A police officer who was stabbed during a protest in August 2023. (Police spokesperson)
September 11, 2023, 12:37 pm
Suspect charged with attempted murder for stabbing cop at protest over hit-and-run
Prosecutors also charge Habtamu Assars with threatening a woman with a knife, assaulting a man with a plank, and ‘indecent acts’ toward police who tried to arrest him
By ToI Staff
Fekadu Abera speaks with Channel 12 from his hospital bed in Tel Aviv on September 3, 2023. (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 5, 2023, 9:35 pm
Ethiopian Israeli says police at rally ignored his grave burns
Fekadu Abera, a former fighter in an elite IDF unit, recalls waiting for 20 minutes in agony as police told him to wait for an ambulance that never came
By Canaan Lidor
Members of the Ethiopian community and activists clash with police during a protest calling for justice for 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was killed in a hit-and-run in Netanya in May. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 31, 2023, 1:52 am
6 cops injured, 4 protesters arrested at Tel Aviv rally for boy killed in hit-and-run
Police deploy mounted officers, stun grenades to clear activists from road as clashes erupt during fresh protest calling for justice for Rafael Adana; 1 officer hospitalized
By ToI Staff
Activists protest in Tel Aviv on August 30, 2023, calling for justice for 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was killed in a hit-and-run in Netanya in May. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 30, 2023, 9:48 pm
Bereaved families from Ethiopian community rally for boy killed in hit-and-run
Week after violent Tel Aviv protest, activists clash with cops during fresh demonstration seeking justice for Rafael Adana; 1 officer hospitalized, police deploy stun grenades
By ToI Staff
A police officer who was stabbed during a protest in August 2023. (Police spokesperson)
August 28, 2023, 9:02 pm
Suspect arrested over stabbing of police officer at protest sparked by hit-and-run
Holon resident suspected of attempted murder during Tel Aviv demonstration by Ethiopian community last week against handling of collision that killed 4-year-old Rafael Adana
By ToI Staff
Footage said to show Carol Fessler, 70, who ran over Rafael Adana, 4, while walking with his grandfather in Netanya on Shabbat, May 6, 2023. (Channel 12 video: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 24, 2023, 10:48 pm
Family of boy killed in hit-and-run to be shown pic confirming driver’s identity
Authorities say evidence shows accident was unavoidable, and only 70-year-old Carol Fessler, not daughter, was present in vehicle
By ToI Staff
Police disperse a protester from a major highway in Tel Aviv during a protest, on August 23, 2023, against law enforcement's handling of an investigation into a hit-and-run in Netanya in which a 4-year-old boy of was killed. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 24, 2023, 2:14 am
Police officer stabbed, 10 arrested at Tel Aviv protest over hit-and-run case
Demonstrators from Ethiopian community block major highway to draw attention to authorities’ handling of collision that killed 4-year-old Rafael Adana
By ToI Staff
Members of the Ethiopian community and overs block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, on August 21, 2023, during a protest demand justice for 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in May. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 21, 2023, 8:41 pm
Tel Aviv protesters block Ayalon Highway, demanding driver who killed boy be charged
Demonstrators from Ethiopian community decry prosecutors’ handling of collision that killed 4-year-old Rafael Adana, accuse authorities of racism
By ToI Staff
Aweke "Kobi" Zena, coordinator of the National Anti-Racism Unit at the Justice Ministry. (Courtesy)
June 4, 2023, 5:01 pm
Likud lawmaker dismisses Justice Ministry’s anti-racism czar
David Amsalem, a minister within the Justice Ministry, fires Aweke Zena; claims role lasts 6 years, not 8 as ministry officials say; the attorney was on a coalition party blacklist
By Michael Horovitz
A Bedouin community living next to the biggest landfill in Israel, near the city of Rahat in southern Israel, August 10, 2016 (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
August 4, 2021, 2:22 pm
Comptroller finds state failing on Bedouin and Israelis of Ethiopian origin
Ombudsman details subpar infrastructure for communities in south, with many lacking electricity or rocket warning sirens; Israelis of Ethiopian descent suffer over-policing, racism
By ToI Staff
Family members and supporters attend a ceremony in memory of 19-year-old Ethiopian-Israeli, Solomon Tekah who was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer on in Kiryat Haim, July 10, 2019. (Flash90)
February 18, 2021, 5:41 am
Cop who killed Ethiopian-Israeli teen ruled unfit for public service
Unnamed officer, who is still on trial, was set to be transferred to fire department, but civil service commissioner vetoes move
By ToI Staff
Police Commissioner Yaacov Shabtai (3R) and Deputy Public Security Minister Gadi Yevarkan (C) meets with the family of Solomon Tekah on February 12,2021 (Israel Police)
February 12, 2021, 5:17 pm
Police chief transfers cop who killed Ethiopian-Israeli teen to fire department
After meeting family of Solomon Tekah, whose killing in 2019 sparked nationwide protests, Shabtai backs off decision to reinstate officer to police service, calls for restraint
By ToI Staff
Ethiopian-Israelis and supporters demonstrate against police violence and discrimination following the death of 19-year-old Solomon Tekah, who was shot and killed in Haifa by an off-duty police officer; Jerusalem, July 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 11, 2021, 9:07 pm
Police reinstate officer who killed Ethiopian-Israeli teen in 2019; family fumes
Cop was accused of recklessly killing Solomon Tekah, sparking nationwide protests; family voices ‘shock and astonishment’ over his return to force
By ToI Staff
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