Ethiopian-Israeli

This trap is apparent in higher education policy where, through attempts to offer equitable collective support, there are deep discriminatory practices.

“It doesn’t make any difference whether we were born here, speak Hebrew fluently and unaccented, or do the army, we are always looked upon differently because of our skin color.”

Activists are now also concerned that a military operation by the Ethiopian government in the northern province of Tigray could endanger the Falash Mura community in the northern city of Gondar.

The demonstration comes on the fifth anniversary of what they claim is the Netanyahu government's failure to bring a cohort of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

‘We did not invent the wheel. We kept one of the most important days in the history of the people of Israel, no less than Yom Kippur’

Sigd - a unique Ethiopian Jewish holiday marking the deep connection between the Ethiopian Jewish community and Jerusalem - will be celebrated on Monday.

Tamano-Shata is a proud member of Beta Israel, the formal name for the community of Jews from Ethiopia.

"It is time to connect the torn families, embrace them and integrate them in the best way here in Israel alongside their families."

Despite the controversy, Ethiopia must build the dam river in order to meet the urgent development needs of its growing population.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, MK Yevarkan made election promise to bring remainder of Falash Mura community to Israel but there has been little progress since elections.