Israeli activists and Ethiopian Jews protested for a third straight day on Wednesday against the killing of a young Ethiopian Israeli by an off-duty police officer. Read more: Ethiopian Jews: Israel's second-class citizens? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged calm and convened a ministerial meeting to discuss "all issues" affecting the country's Ethiopian community. There are at least 140,000 Ethiopian Jews in the country, including at least 50,000 who were born in Israel. The Ethiopian Jews in Israel have long complained of institutionalized racism and discrimination and have participated in several protests for equal rights in the past.

Source: Ethiopian News July 03, 2019 21:33 UTC