THE SPIN ROOM | Ethiopians in Israel protested for two days against perceived police brutality and racism. Statistics show that Ethiopians are falling behind in the country. Is it because of their skin color? Or something else? Association of Ethiopian Jews spokesperson Mazal Bisawer and Hadassah Academic College professor Doron Shultziner discuss with host Ami Kaufman.
On Sunday, Israelis of Ethiopian descent took to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest against systemic discrimination. The demonstrations, triggered by a leaked video showing police officers physically assaulting an Ethiopian Israeli soldier and then filing false charges against him, soon turned violent, with many expressing fears of greater civil unrest to come. The demonstrations have been compared to the anti-police-brutality protests in many of America’s cities, most recently Baltimore.
Since it first registered its website in February 2015, Canary Mission has been a source of mystery and menace. Dedicated to blacklisting students involved in Palestine solidarity activism, intimidating them and denigrating their public reputations, Canary Mission’s administrators have gone to great lengths to conceal their identities. The secrecy has enabled them to target legally defenseless students – who are mostly members of minority and immigrant groups — with total impunity.
