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A member of the Ethiopian community of Israel is arrested by the police during clashes in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on July 2, 2019, during a protest against the killing of Solomon Tekah, a young man of Ethiopian origin, who was killed by an off-duty police officer. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
December 15, 2025, 6:21 pm
High Court strikes down police ‘racial profiling’ procedure
In unanimous decision, justices forbid police from demanding ID from individuals without ‘reasonable foundation for suspicion’ of criminal activity
By Jeremy Sharon
United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni attends a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, August 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2025, 4:46 pm
Haredi MK complains Sephardic students are ‘crowding’ into Ashkenazi girls’ schools
UTJ party’s Moshe Gafni laments there is ‘no room’ in high schools in Beit Shemesh, demands Shas party open more institutions for Sephardim
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with then-coalition chairman MK David Amsalem during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on November 19, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 7, 2023, 10:54 pm
Senior Likud MK escalates criticism as Netanyahu denies ethnic discrimination
David Amsalem takes fresh shot at party leader after being skipped over for ministerial post; PM’s office calls accusation that racism influenced appointments ‘ridiculous’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) talks with then-coalition chairman MK David Amsalem during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on November 19, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 6, 2023, 3:24 pm
Demoted Likud MK Amsalem accuses Netanyahu of racism, ‘humiliating’ Sephardic voters
Most senior party lawmaker not to receive a portfolio accuses PM of deliberate snub: ‘No one will humiliate us Mizrahi Jews, not even a prime minister from Likud’
By ToI Staff
Jake Cohen attends SAVEUR Holiday Social at Astor Center, Dec. 13, 2014 in New York City. (Andrew Toth/Getty Images for SAVEUR via JTA)
January 7, 2022, 6:07 pm
Jewish food influencer Jake Cohen named in discrimination lawsuit
Author is accused of racism and sexism, treating Feedfeed’s social media staff as maids, shouting at them and making offensive comments
By Ben Sales
Top left, clockwise, Gage Gorsky, Dalya Perez, Ari Kelman, Tobin Belzer, Vincent Calvetti and Tory Brundage. (Courtesy)
August 13, 2021, 3:50 am
New major US study on Jews of color highlights experiences of discrimination
Research shows people often face casual racism, interrogations or simply being ignored in communal settings; some hope new data will serve as a watershed moment
By Asaf Shalev
Demonstrators stands next to a fire during a protest against the 'global security' draft law' in Paris, on November 28, 2020. (Alain JOCARD / AFP)
November 29, 2020, 10:17 am
Violent protests in France over security law after police beating of Black man
Organizers say half a million people demonstrated against ban on filming officers on duty; legislation would have blocked release of video showing violent arrest of Michel Zecler
By DAPHNE ROUSSEAU and Alice Lefebvre
Members of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, including in the front row April Baskin, on the far right and Leo Ferguson, third from right, march as part of a Jews4BlackLives protest in New York in 2016. (Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images/ via JTA)
July 18, 2020, 2:11 am
US Jewish recognition of Jews of color took decades of sweat, blood and tears
With the BLM movement center stage, many Jewish organizations move to make communities more welcoming — but that’s no coincidence: such initiatives have been decades in the making
By Josefin Dolsten
Protesters gather in Leeds, England, June 14, 2020, during a protest by Black Voices Matter. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
June 15, 2020, 11:55 am
Johnson sets anti-racism panel; will defend Churchill statue ‘with every breath’
UK PM says new committee will review racial equality amid calls to confront country’s imperialist past in light of protests sparked by George Floyd’s death
By AP and ToI Staff
Rabbi Ari Hart, wearing a prayer shawl and face shield, stands with another protester at the interfaith demonstration in memory of George Floyd and protesting systemic racism in Chicago on June 2, 2020. (Courtesy of Hart/ via JTA)
June 4, 2020, 8:50 pm
Allies weigh in: 5 rabbis, a black pastor speak after Chicago anti-racism rally
Contingent of Jews joins thousands flocking to protest systemic bias against African-American community, putting justice ahead of coronavirus pandemic concerns
By Ben Sales
MK Pnina Tamano-Shata, pictured on February 4, 2020, in Hadera. (Jack Guez/AFP)
February 24, 2020, 12:24 pm
Seeking Likud ouster and racial equality, MK highlights Ethiopian-Israeli shift
Blue and White’s Pnina Tamano-Shata laments police brutality, poverty within community, which has emerged as key sector in election and is seen moving away from Netanyahu
By Maude Petel-Legare
Education Minister Rafi Peretz visits a kindergarten in Givat Shmuel, August 29, 2019. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
December 15, 2019, 2:12 pm
After Ethiopian-Israeli kindergarten scandal, ministry vows end to segregation
‘Non-heterogeneous’ preschools set to be shut after report earlier this year that kids of Ethiopian origin faced discrimination; minister: Racism unacceptable in education system
By Sam Sokol
Sefy Bililin and her 3-year old daughter Pri'el. (Facebook)
September 4, 2019, 8:47 pm
Uproar after kindergarten allegedly segregates Ethiopian children
Education Ministry and MKs condemn incident in Kiryat Gat; city council members summoned for meeting
By ToI Staff
Palestinian officials during the 99th session of the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva, August 14, 2019 (screenshot UN Web TV)
August 14, 2019, 10:52 pm
Pro-Israel activists cheer as UN anti-racism panel challenges Palestinians
UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer hails first time world body’s spotlight is ‘officially placed on Palestinian racism, discrimination and anti-Semitism’
By Raphael Ahren
In this Sunday, July 7, 2019 photo, Ethiopian-Israeli musician Yael Mentesnot gives an interview to The Associated Press, in her house in Tel Aviv (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
July 12, 2019, 1:07 pm
Ethiopian-Israeli musicians use stage to promote struggles
The voices of young artists in the community are becoming increasingly prominent in the discussion on racism and discrimination
By Shahar Golan
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