Jeremiah 13:23 (The Israel Bible™)Ethiopian Israelis and their supporters took part in protests across the country on Monday, expressing their outrage over the shooting death of an Ethiopian Israeli teenager by an off-duty police officer the day before. The officer who shot Tekah says he believed he and his family were in danger at the time of the incident, a claim which has been refuted by an eyewitness. The officer also claimed he aimed toward the ground, but that the bullet ricocheted and hit Tekah, according to Israel’s Channel 12 news. “We made a big effort in recent years to integrate it fully in Israeli society, and we have much more work to do.”The first wave of Ethiopian immigration to Israel occurred in 1984, and another followed in 1991. Since then, many Ethiopian Israelis have struggled to integrate into Israeli society, with leaders accusing police of maintaining racist attitudes toward the community.

Source: Ethiopian News July 02, 2019 11:48 UTC