The demonstration, which has a police permit — but not to block the intersection — began at Tel Aviv’s Azrieli complex and was set to continue in the direction of the city’s Rabin Square. The protest was called amid mounting anger after a police officer shot dead an Ethiopian-Israeli man earlier in the month. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said he had ordered that all police assigned to the protest be equipped with body cameras. More than 135,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel, most of them having immigrated in two waves in 1984 and 1991. In 2015, a large demonstration in support of the Ethiopian community against police brutality and racism turned violent, transforming the city center into a veritable war zone.

Source: Ethiopian News January 30, 2019 16:10 UTC