Dozens of detainees and wounded in a demonstration of angry Ethiopians

Dozens of people were injured yesterday (Sunday), in unprecedented clashes that erupted during an Ethiopian demonstration at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. 56 policemen and 12 civilians were injured. The wounded suffered head and limb injuries by stones and objects thrown at them.

The protest began as a mass demonstration of thousands of Ethiopians in central Tel Aviv, close to Azrieli Towers. The protesters blocked traffic on the Ayalon Highway. They clashed with the police and riot troops. They called "violent policeman should be inside", "racism" and others.

The thousands arrived at the intersection of Begin-Kaplan in Tel Aviv, where they were joined by many who came identify with them. Among the politicians who came, Chairman of the joint list Ayman Odeh and his faction member Dov Hanin, Merav Michaeli, Itzik Shmuly and Stav Shafir (Zionist camp), Ilan Gilon (Meretz) and former MK Pnina Tamano-Shata. At around 19:30 the demonstrators marched towards Rabin Square, where the violence erupted.

The protesters took to the streets after the Ethiopian army soldier was beaten for no reason by a policeman in Holon. The police stress that the commissioner held a meeting last week with representatives of the Ethiopian community, it was agreed that the team was set up to examine specific allegations about specific cases in which claims seemingly took the wrong treatment. And contrary to various reports on the subject.

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