Israeli volunteers palm out flowers in memory of slain Ethiopian

All opposite Israel this week Israeli youths participated in a SAHI (Special Hessed Unit) beginning to symbol 30 days given a genocide of Solomon Tekah, a 19-year aged Ethiopian-Israeli shot by an off-duty policeman on Jun 30 in Kiryat Haim.

Thousands of flowers in memory of Tekah were handed out to passersby on a streets of Israel as hundreds of SAHI volunteers, about a entertain of whom are Ethiopian-Israelis, called for togetherness among all Israelis.

The flowers were trustworthy to a postcard reading in Hebrew, “I am your brother, don’t forget.”

They took to a streets of Jerusalem, Kiryat Gat, Safed, Kiryat Malachi and other towns.

Avraham Hayon, CEO of SAHI said, “After a unpleasant events… of a past month, SAHI youths who trust in giving… as a apparatus for improving multitude have taken to a streets, though this time to denote oneness and fight. The teenagers distributed water, flowers… during intersections and city centers to remind a whole open that we are all brothers here.”

Tekah’s genocide saw widespread riots by a Ethiopian village in Israel. Ethiopian Israelis contend they have prolonged been discriminated opposite in housing, preparation and employment.

Established in 2009, SAHI is an Israeli non-profit classification operative with at-risk youth, with a proceed of enlivening them to give behind to their communities including organizing events such as a distributing flowers in memory of Tekah and assisting people with disabilities.

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