Tamano-Shata began her public career in 2004, after being elected chairperson of the Ethiopian Israeli Student Union. In 2006 she was one of the founders of the headquarters for the Ethiopian Jews’ Struggle for Social Equality, and led protests against racism and discrimination. Tamano-Shata recalls that she, like other Ethiopian immigrants were told, “every wave of immigrants suffered, everyone felt hurt, every wave of immigration this has happened. And it was not the first incident of police violence against Ethiopian immigrants. Ethiopian Israeli activists say at least 11 young Ethiopian Jews have died in incidents with police in the past two decades.

Source: Ethiopian News December 26, 2019 10:52 UTC