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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cautioned Ethiopia today that its economic reform agenda under a $3.4 billion loan deal is facing challenges from declining donor support.
It also warned that rising risks, such as a resurgent parallel foreign exchange market and fragile security conditions, could hinder progress and complicate debt restructuring efforts.
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Natanhu is untouchable. He spent most of his political career, representing the State of Israel at the UN. He spent decades in the US representing Israel as well. His younger brother was responsible for freeing Israeli Hostages in Kampala, Uganda.
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Wrong!
Sooner or later, his premiership will be over. He won't be able to travel anywhere, or he'll be arrested. In fact, even in Israel proper a trial is awaiting him for corruption. Not to mention October 7th happened under his watch and the border was purposefully left unguarded. Israelis have a lot of questions about that. He'll be hounded from within and without.
Sooner or later, his premiership will be over. He won't be able to travel anywhere, or he'll be arrested. In fact, even in Israel proper a trial is awaiting him for corruption. Not to mention October 7th happened under his watch and the border was purposefully left unguarded. Israelis have a lot of questions about that. He'll be hounded from within and without.
Dark Energy wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 17:01Natanhu is untouchable. He spent most of his political career, representing the State of Israel at the UN. He spent decades in the US representing Israel as well. His younger brother was responsible for freeing Israeli Hostages in Kampala, Uganda.
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Dumb [deleted].Zmeselo wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 19:15Wrong!
Sooner or later, his premiership will be over. He won't be able to travel anywhere, or he'll be arrested. In fact, even in Israel proper a trial is awaiting him for corruption. Not to mention October 7th happened under his watch and the border was purposefully left unguarded. Israelis have a lot of questions about that. He'll be hounded from within and without.
Dark Energy wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 17:01Natanhu is untouchable. He spent most of his political career, representing the State of Israel at the UN. He spent decades in the US representing Israel as well. His younger brother was responsible for freeing Israeli Hostages in Kampala, Uganda.
You are acknowledging that in Israel there is a law that even the current PM is not above it.
PS, The Hague and this useless ICC is meant for the pathetic African leaders and it will remain to be so.
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S@ck my àss, darkie said he was UNTOUCHABLE.
You don't know the meaning of the word, obviously.
You don't know the meaning of the word, obviously.
Deqi-Arawit wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 19:23Dumb [deleted].Zmeselo wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 19:15Wrong!
Sooner or later, his premiership will be over. He won't be able to travel anywhere, or he'll be arrested. In fact, even in Israel proper a trial is awaiting him for corruption. Not to mention October 7th happened under his watch and the border was purposefully left unguarded. Israelis have a lot of questions about that. He'll be hounded from within and without.
Dark Energy wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 17:01Natanhu is untouchable. He spent most of his political career, representing the State of Israel at the UN. He spent decades in the US representing Israel as well. His younger brother was responsible for freeing Israeli Hostages in Kampala, Uganda.
You are acknowledging that in Israel there is a law that even the current PM is not above it.
PS, The Hague and this useless ICC is meant for the pathetic African leaders and it will remain to be so.
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History of the Jews in Eritrea
Jews in Eritrea can trace their history back to the late 19th century arrival of Yemenite Jews.
Eritrea once had a small community of Yemenite Jews who arrived in the country after having been attracted by new commercial opportunities driven by Italian colonial expansion in the late 19th century. In 1906, a Synagogue was completed in Asmara, the capital. It includes a main sanctuary which can seat up to 200 people, classrooms, and a small Jewish cemetery.
In the 1930s, the Jewish community was bolstered when many European Jews emigrated to Eritrea to escape Nazi persecution in Europe.
During British administration, Eritrea was often used as a location of internment for Irgun and Lehi guerrillas fighting for Jewish independence in the British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel).[1] Among those imprisoned were future Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir[2] and Haim Corfu, a founder of Beitar Jerusalem.
In 1948, after Israel was founded as a Jewish state, many Yemeni Jews residing in Eritrea emigrated to Israel. In the 1950s, 500 Jews still lived in the country. The last Jewish wedding at Asmara Synagogue was celebrated during that decade. The synagogue also served Jews who came from all over Africa to observe the High Holy Days there.
In 1961 the Eritrean War for Independence began after Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia, and Eritreans began to fight for independence. It was then that Jews began to leave Eritrea. In the early 1970s, Jewish emigration increased because of ensuing violence between Eritrean separatists and Ethiopia. In 1975, the Chief Rabbi and much of the community were evacuated. Many Jews settled in Israel, while others went to Europe or North America. By then, only 150 Jews remained in the country.[3]
Eritrea formally gained its independence in 1993. At the time, there were only a handful of Jews still left in the country. (In 2001 the Cohan family numbered four)[4] All but one have either died or emigrated. There was only one last native Jew left in Eritrea, Samuel Cohen, who ran an import-export business and attends to the Asmara Synagogue.[5][6][7]
Judaism is not one of the four religions recognized by the Eritrean government. Despite this, the government never restricted Jewish freedom to worship, and the country has no history of any persecution of Jews.[8]
References
1. "Britain's 'Guantanamo Bay'". BBC News. August 6, 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
2. "SHAMIR YITZHAK". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
3. "Eritrea Virtual Jewish History Tour". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
4. Jewish Weekly 9-21-2001
5. "Asmara's last Jew recalls 'good old days'". BBC News. April 30, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
6. "Eritrea's last native Jew tends graves, remembers". Ynetnews. Reuters. May 2, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
7. Jewish Refugees org Last Jew of Eritrea
8. "Eritrea Virtual Jewish History Tour". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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The Ethiopian government portrayed the Eritrean struggle as an Arab threat to the African region, an argument that convinced the Israelis to side with the Ethiopian government in the conflict. Israel trained counter-insurgency forces in order to counter the armed struggle of the ELF.
Israel considered the Eritrean liberation struggle as supported by Arab states and feared that a pro-Arab independent Eritrea would block Israeli passage through the Red Sea. As the war developed, Israeli assistance to the Ethiopian government was increased. By 1966, there were around 100 Israeli military advisors in Ethiopia.
Jews in Eritrea can trace their history back to the late 19th century arrival of Yemenite Jews.
Eritrea once had a small community of Yemenite Jews who arrived in the country after having been attracted by new commercial opportunities driven by Italian colonial expansion in the late 19th century. In 1906, a Synagogue was completed in Asmara, the capital. It includes a main sanctuary which can seat up to 200 people, classrooms, and a small Jewish cemetery.
In the 1930s, the Jewish community was bolstered when many European Jews emigrated to Eritrea to escape Nazi persecution in Europe.
During British administration, Eritrea was often used as a location of internment for Irgun and Lehi guerrillas fighting for Jewish independence in the British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel).[1] Among those imprisoned were future Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir[2] and Haim Corfu, a founder of Beitar Jerusalem.
In 1948, after Israel was founded as a Jewish state, many Yemeni Jews residing in Eritrea emigrated to Israel. In the 1950s, 500 Jews still lived in the country. The last Jewish wedding at Asmara Synagogue was celebrated during that decade. The synagogue also served Jews who came from all over Africa to observe the High Holy Days there.
In 1961 the Eritrean War for Independence began after Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia, and Eritreans began to fight for independence. It was then that Jews began to leave Eritrea. In the early 1970s, Jewish emigration increased because of ensuing violence between Eritrean separatists and Ethiopia. In 1975, the Chief Rabbi and much of the community were evacuated. Many Jews settled in Israel, while others went to Europe or North America. By then, only 150 Jews remained in the country.[3]
Eritrea formally gained its independence in 1993. At the time, there were only a handful of Jews still left in the country. (In 2001 the Cohan family numbered four)[4] All but one have either died or emigrated. There was only one last native Jew left in Eritrea, Samuel Cohen, who ran an import-export business and attends to the Asmara Synagogue.[5][6][7]
Judaism is not one of the four religions recognized by the Eritrean government. Despite this, the government never restricted Jewish freedom to worship, and the country has no history of any persecution of Jews.[8]
References
1. "Britain's 'Guantanamo Bay'". BBC News. August 6, 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
2. "SHAMIR YITZHAK". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
3. "Eritrea Virtual Jewish History Tour". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
4. Jewish Weekly 9-21-2001
5. "Asmara's last Jew recalls 'good old days'". BBC News. April 30, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
6. "Eritrea's last native Jew tends graves, remembers". Ynetnews. Reuters. May 2, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
7. Jewish Refugees org Last Jew of Eritrea
8. "Eritrea Virtual Jewish History Tour". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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The Ethiopian government portrayed the Eritrean struggle as an Arab threat to the African region, an argument that convinced the Israelis to side with the Ethiopian government in the conflict. Israel trained counter-insurgency forces in order to counter the armed struggle of the ELF.
Israel considered the Eritrean liberation struggle as supported by Arab states and feared that a pro-Arab independent Eritrea would block Israeli passage through the Red Sea. As the war developed, Israeli assistance to the Ethiopian government was increased. By 1966, there were around 100 Israeli military advisors in Ethiopia.
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You got this one wrong. The history of Jews in Eritrea and Ethiopia goes back centuries. It is as old as the Yemenite Jews, even older. When the Portuguese envoys came to visit the Abysinian emperor in the 14th century, they witnessed some people whose land was confiscated by the order of the Bahrenegasi, because they refused to convert to the Tewohados. These people were engaged in pottery and metal works in the current Tsilma or Adi Baro area, beacuse they lost their land.
James Bruce had later reported the same story along the Mereb river. This has been true until 1980s around Selekleka and Adi Awala in Adi Hageray. What is posted below does not include the history witnessed earlier by James Bruce and the French "Father" Faitlovich about the Falasha and Bete Israel.
Bahrenegasi Issac had expelled thousands after declaring them landless, while he was governing from Dubarwa. I did not include the history of the Falashas during the Gonder dynasty, when the Hamasien ruling class of Hazega and Tsezega were working very closely and related by marriage with them. Many of them migrated to Midre Hamasien to work as goldsmiths, metal works, farm tools and gun smiths. The children of the former Bete Israel, who converted to Tewohado are still derisively called -- Tebib, Budda ... in Eritrea and Tigray.
James Bruce had later reported the same story along the Mereb river. This has been true until 1980s around Selekleka and Adi Awala in Adi Hageray. What is posted below does not include the history witnessed earlier by James Bruce and the French "Father" Faitlovich about the Falasha and Bete Israel.
Bahrenegasi Issac had expelled thousands after declaring them landless, while he was governing from Dubarwa. I did not include the history of the Falashas during the Gonder dynasty, when the Hamasien ruling class of Hazega and Tsezega were working very closely and related by marriage with them. Many of them migrated to Midre Hamasien to work as goldsmiths, metal works, farm tools and gun smiths. The children of the former Bete Israel, who converted to Tewohado are still derisively called -- Tebib, Budda ... in Eritrea and Tigray.
Zmeselo wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 20:10History of the Jews in Eritrea
Jews in Eritrea can trace their history back to the late 19th century arrival of Yemenite Jews.
Eritrea once had a small community of Yemenite Jews who arrived in the country after having been attracted by new commercial opportunities driven by Italian colonial expansion in the late 19th century. In 1906, a Synagogue was completed in Asmara, the capital. It includes a main sanctuary which can seat up to 200 people, classrooms, and a small Jewish cemetery.
In the 1930s, the Jewish community was bolstered when many European Jews emigrated to Eritrea to escape Nazi persecution in Europe.
During British administration, Eritrea was often used as a location of internment for Irgun and Lehi guerrillas fighting for Jewish independence in the British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel).[1] Among those imprisoned were future Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir[2] and Haim Corfu, a founder of Beitar Jerusalem.
In 1948, after Israel was founded as a Jewish state, many Yemeni Jews residing in Eritrea emigrated to Israel. In the 1950s, 500 Jews still lived in the country. The last Jewish wedding at Asmara Synagogue was celebrated during that decade. The synagogue also served Jews who came from all over Africa to observe the High Holy Days there.
In 1961 the Eritrean War for Independence began after Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia, and Eritreans began to fight for independence. It was then that Jews began to leave Eritrea. In the early 1970s, Jewish emigration increased because of ensuing violence between Eritrean separatists and Ethiopia. In 1975, the Chief Rabbi and much of the community were evacuated. Many Jews settled in Israel, while others went to Europe or North America. By then, only 150 Jews remained in the country.[3]
Eritrea formally gained its independence in 1993. At the time, there were only a handful of Jews still left in the country. (In 2001 the Cohan family numbered four)[4] All but one have either died or emigrated. There was only one last native Jew left in Eritrea, Samuel Cohen, who ran an import-export business and attends to the Asmara Synagogue.[5][6][7]
Judaism is not one of the four religions recognized by the Eritrean government. Despite this, the government never restricted Jewish freedom to worship, and the country has no history of any persecution of Jews.[8]
References
1. "Britain's 'Guantanamo Bay'". BBC News. August 6, 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
2. "SHAMIR YITZHAK". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
3. "Eritrea Virtual Jewish History Tour". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
4. Jewish Weekly 9-21-2001
5. "Asmara's last Jew recalls 'good old days'". BBC News. April 30, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
6. "Eritrea's last native Jew tends graves, remembers". Ynetnews. Reuters. May 2, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
7. Jewish Refugees org Last Jew of Eritrea
8. "Eritrea Virtual Jewish History Tour". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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The Ethiopian government portrayed the Eritrean struggle as an Arab threat to the African region, an argument that convinced the Israelis to side with the Ethiopian government in the conflict. Israel trained counter-insurgency forces in order to counter the armed struggle of the ELF.
Israel considered the Eritrean liberation struggle as supported by Arab states and feared that a pro-Arab independent Eritrea would block Israeli passage through the Red Sea. As the war developed, Israeli assistance to the Ethiopian government was increased. By 1966, there were around 100 Israeli military advisors in Ethiopia.
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Zmeselo,
Indeed Zmeselo, what do you know. You are just a condom of the ugly treacherous ungrateful person who ever lived.

Indeed Zmeselo, what do you know. You are just a condom of the ugly treacherous ungrateful person who ever lived.




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Learn the difference between the terms "zmeselo" & "ztebahlo".

Dark Energy wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 21:57Zmeselo,
Indeed Zmeselo, what do you know. You are just a condom of the ugly treacherous ungrateful person who ever lived.![]()
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"Eritrea" & "Ethiopia", are modern day concepts.
Mesob wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 21:30You got this one wrong. The history of Jews in Eritrea and Ethiopia goes back centuries. It is as old as the Yemenite Jews, even older. When the Portuguese envoys came to visit the Abysinian emperor in the 14th century, they witnessed some people whose land was confiscated by the order of the Bahrenegasi, because they refused to convert to the Tewohados. These people were engaged in pottery and metal works in the current Tsilma or Adi Baro area, beacuse they lost their land.
James Bruce had later reported the same story along the Mereb river. This has been true until 1980s around Selekleka and Adi Awala in Adi Hageray. What is posted below does not include the history witnessed earlier by James Bruce and the French "Father" Faitlovich about the Falasha and Bete Israel.
Bahrenegasi Issac had expelled thousands after declaring them landless, while he was governing from Dubarwa. I did not include the history of the Falashas during the Gonder dynasty, when the Hamasien ruling class of Hazega and Tsezega were working very closely and related by marriage with them. Many of them migrated to Midre Hamasien to work as goldsmiths, metal works, farm tools and gun smiths. The children of the former Bete Israel, who converted to Tewohado are still derisively called -- Tebib, Budda ... in Eritrea and Tigray.
Zmeselo wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 20:10History of the Jews in Eritrea
Jews in Eritrea can trace their history back to the late 19th century arrival of Yemenite Jews.
Eritrea once had a small community of Yemenite Jews who arrived in the country after having been attracted by new commercial opportunities driven by Italian colonial expansion in the late 19th century. In 1906, a Synagogue was completed in Asmara, the capital. It includes a main sanctuary which can seat up to 200 people, classrooms, and a small Jewish cemetery.
In the 1930s, the Jewish community was bolstered when many European Jews emigrated to Eritrea to escape Nazi persecution in Europe.
During British administration, Eritrea was often used as a location of internment for Irgun and Lehi guerrillas fighting for Jewish independence in the British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel).[1] Among those imprisoned were future Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir[2] and Haim Corfu, a founder of Beitar Jerusalem.
In 1948, after Israel was founded as a Jewish state, many Yemeni Jews residing in Eritrea emigrated to Israel. In the 1950s, 500 Jews still lived in the country. The last Jewish wedding at Asmara Synagogue was celebrated during that decade. The synagogue also served Jews who came from all over Africa to observe the High Holy Days there.
In 1961 the Eritrean War for Independence began after Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia, and Eritreans began to fight for independence. It was then that Jews began to leave Eritrea. In the early 1970s, Jewish emigration increased because of ensuing violence between Eritrean separatists and Ethiopia. In 1975, the Chief Rabbi and much of the community were evacuated. Many Jews settled in Israel, while others went to Europe or North America. By then, only 150 Jews remained in the country.[3]
Eritrea formally gained its independence in 1993. At the time, there were only a handful of Jews still left in the country. (In 2001 the Cohan family numbered four)[4] All but one have either died or emigrated. There was only one last native Jew left in Eritrea, Samuel Cohen, who ran an import-export business and attends to the Asmara Synagogue.[5][6][7]
Judaism is not one of the four religions recognized by the Eritrean government. Despite this, the government never restricted Jewish freedom to worship, and the country has no history of any persecution of Jews.[8]
References
1. "Britain's 'Guantanamo Bay'". BBC News. August 6, 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
2. "SHAMIR YITZHAK". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
3. "Eritrea Virtual Jewish History Tour". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
4. Jewish Weekly 9-21-2001
5. "Asmara's last Jew recalls 'good old days'". BBC News. April 30, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
6. "Eritrea's last native Jew tends graves, remembers". Ynetnews. Reuters. May 2, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
7. Jewish Refugees org Last Jew of Eritrea
8. "Eritrea Virtual Jewish History Tour". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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The Ethiopian government portrayed the Eritrean struggle as an Arab threat to the African region, an argument that convinced the Israelis to side with the Ethiopian government in the conflict. Israel trained counter-insurgency forces in order to counter the armed struggle of the ELF.
Israel considered the Eritrean liberation struggle as supported by Arab states and feared that a pro-Arab independent Eritrea would block Israeli passage through the Red Sea. As the war developed, Israeli assistance to the Ethiopian government was increased. By 1966, there were around 100 Israeli military advisors in Ethiopia.
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Soldier Becomes Unlikely Face of Ethiopian-Israeli Discontent
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel met on Monday with Demas Fikadey, a soldier of Ethiopian descent who was beaten last week by police. Credit...Israel's Government Press Office
By Isabel Kershner and Jodi Rudoren
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/worl ... =url-share
May 4, 2015
JERUSALEM — A slender and boyish-looking Israeli soldier, wearing a skullcap and an army shirt with sleeves too long for him, has become the unlikely and unwitting face of an outburst of anger and violent protests that have shaken Israel.
But Demas Fikadey, a 21-year-old soldier of Ethiopian descent, said he did not see himself as a symbol or a hero.
He was heading home alone, in uniform, on April 26 when he was beaten by two Israeli police officers in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon, where he lives. The seemingly unprovoked assault, caught on video,
was broadcast on national television and went viral on social networks, unleashing the pent-up rage of a young generation of Ethiopian-Israelis who have taken to the streets in recent days.
Mr. Fikadey said in an interview Monday, more than a week after his assault and a day after thousands of demonstrators converged on Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/world ... tment.html to protest police harassment and the discrimination many Israelis of Ethiopian descent say they experience regularly.It just happened to me,
The police said on Sunday that protesters pelted them with stones and bottles. The police responded with stun grenades and water cannons, and officers on horseback charged the crowds.
Fifty-six officers were injured, according to the police, and at least one remained hospitalized with moderate injuries on Monday. Several protesters were also wounded, and 43 were arrested. A smaller protest in Jerusalem last week also ended in fierce clashes.

Ethiopian-Israelis confronted Israeli security forces in Tel Aviv on Sunday. Israeli leaders appealed for calm after a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Sunday night in which 56 police officers were injured and 43 protesters were arrested. Credit...Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Mr. Fikadey said he was opposed to violence, and as a soldier on active duty, he could not join the protesters.
he said.But my heart is with them,
Mr. Fikadey came to Israel seven years ago from the Gojam region in Ethiopia. His father died before the family left for Israel, and his mother died a couple of years after their arrival, according to Selah, http://www.selah.org.il/ an Israeli nongovernmental organization that supports vulnerable immigrants and that has aided Mr. Fikadey and his four brothers.
In high school, Mr. Fikadey was one of eight outstanding students nationwide who won an annual leadership award. He now serves in the military as a computer technician.
On the same day he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/world ... tests.html in an effort to help defuse the violent outbursts, Mr. Fikadey recounted the events that set off the initial protests. It was about 6:30 in the evening, he said, and he was on his way home from duty. He had gotten off his bicycle when a police officer stopped him and told him to turn around and go back, without any explanation. Mr. Fikadey said he did not know that the road on which he was traveling had been closed because of a suspicious object, and that police investigators had been called.
He said he waited for the police officer to get off his cellphone so that he could pass. But the officer threw Mr. Fikadey’s bicycle down and started to shove him.
Mr. Fikadey recounted.When I asked him why he was pushing me, he began hitting me in the face,
A volunteer policeman came to help the officer, and Mr. Fikadey ended up on the ground. The officer later told his superiors that the soldier had hit him and thrown a stone at him, according to Mr. Fikadey’s lawyer.
Mr. Fikadey said.If it hadn’t all been caught on camera from beginning to end, I would be in some prison now,

An Israeli of Ethiopian descent at an immigrant center. There are about 135,000 Ethiopian Jews in Israel, and many speak of discrimination and police brutality. Credit...Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Since the attack on Mr. Fikadey, many young Ethiopian-Israelis have shared their own tales of police harassment and brutality that they say are commonplace. Ethiopian leaders say the community also faces discrimination in housing, education and employment, painting a bleak picture of the group’s position in society 24 years after a mass airlift http://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/26/world ... leted.html of descendants of an ancient Jewish tribe.
There are now about 135,000 Ethiopian Jews in Israel, less than 2 percent of the state’s population. But Ethiopians represent up to a third of youths in detention facilities, according to government reports, and have higher rates of poverty, unemployment, suicide, divorce and domestic violence.
Rabbinic authorities have offended Ethiopians by questioning their Jewishness http://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/17/world ... srael.html and requiring conversion before approving weddings. Health officials prompted outrage in 1996 by dumping Ethiopians’ blood donations http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/29/world ... blood.html over fears of H.I.V. Schools have restricted Ethiopian enrollment.
In 2012, protests started http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/world ... tance.html after residents of four apartment buildings in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi vowed not to rent or sell to Ethiopians.
This year’s movement has been propelled in part by the parallels with African-American protests against police brutality in Baltimore; Ferguson, Mo., http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015 ... guson.html and elsewhere.
Shlomo Molla, an Ethiopian-Israeli former member of Parliament, called for civil disobedience, including refusing to serve in the army or pay taxes until the situation improves.
Mr. Molla said.Ethiopians are demonstrating, but no one is giving the right answer, no one is hearing, no one wants to understand,

Protesters on a Tel Aviv road on Sunday. Thousands of people demonstrated against the police harassment and discrimination they say that Ethiopian-Israelis experience regularly. Credit...Baz Ratner/Reuters
Israeli leaders have called for calm, and began on Monday to address the rising tensions.
Mr. Netanyahu convened meetings with Ethiopian-Israeli community leaders and officials from relevant government ministries. He held a separate, half-hour meeting with Mr. Fikadey that was also attended by the minister of internal security and the national police chief.
Mr. Fikadey said after the meeting.I told the prime minister he must work to end racism and discrimination,
Mr. Netanyahu posted on Twitter a photo of the two shaking hands and smiling.We dreamed for so many years to come to Israel. He must work to solve the problem.
he wrote.I said to the soldier, ‘I was shocked by the pictures. We cannot accept this and we will change things,’
In a statement later Monday Mr. Netanyahu said,
He said he would chair a ministerial committee to advance plans to resolve problems in education, housing, culture, religion, employment and in other areas.We must all line up against racism, condemn it and work to eradicate it.
President Reuven Rivlin of Israel said the protests by Ethiopian-Israelis had
but he condemned the violence that erupted the night before.revealed an open and raw wound at the heart of Israeli society,
said Mr. Rivlin, who has emerged as a leading advocate http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/world ... wound.html for Israel’s Arab and other minorities during his first year in his largely ceremonial post.We must look directly at this open wound — we have erred, we did not look, and we did not listen enough,
Speaking in the Rose Garden, a park opposite the prime minister’s office, Mr. Fikadey said Mr. Netanyahu appeared informed about the situation and listened to what he had to say.
As he spoke, a group of schoolgirls, including several of Ethiopian descent, spotted the reluctant hero and ran up to him screeching, as if he were a rock star. Seeming to enjoy the attention, he spoke to them with quiet words meant to encourage and motivate them to serve their country.
Myra Noveck contributed reporting from Jerusalem.