Yehuda Biadga

An Ethiopian Israeli woman confronts police officers during a protest by the Ethiopian community against police brutality, following the killing of Solomon Tekah, July 3, 2019. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
‘They’re killing our brothers’: Why Ethiopians shut down Israel for a day
They’re angry at the media, have lost faith in the establishment, and know that just like other Ethiopian Israelis before them, they too may pay a price for the color of their skin. The demonstrators who protested in Tel Aviv yesterday were not ‘anarchists’ — they were frightened young women and men who want to show they haven’t lost their…
By Yali (Yael) Marom and Oren Ziv July 3, 2019
Ethiopian-Israelis demonstrate against police brutality and racism, Rabin square, Tel Aviv, May 3, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
14 Israeli citizens killed by police in five years, not a single indictment
Over the past five years, police have shot dead 14 Israeli citizens. The department tasked with investigating the killings has closed all but two of the cases. Almost all the suspects were people of color. The police killing of 24-year-old Ethiopian-Israeli Yehuda Biadga last month sparked outrage among the Ethiopian community in Israel. Many believe…
By Oren Ziv February 4, 2019
Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis and their supporters marched against police violence in Tel Aviv on Jan. 30, 2018, weeks following the fatal police shooting of Yehuda Biadga. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
‘To be Ethiopian in Israel is to be constantly struggling for something’
The shooting of Yehuda Biadga reignited tensions between Israel’s Ethiopian community and police, who have long been accused of using a heavy hand against the country’s minorities. ‘Police brutality is a result of racism against black people in this country,’ Ziva Mekonen-Degu says. For the third time in as many years, thousands of Ethiopian citizens…
By Edo Konrad February 1, 2019
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