February 15, 2012

Shatil had a significant presence in the halls of power Wednesday, as the Knesset marked International Day for the Eradication of Poverty for the third year. Dozens of ordinary citizens filled a conference room with testimony of what life under the hard yoke of poverty is like and attended Knesset committee meetings [...]

Domestic murder, unheard of in Ethiopia, has sadly made headlines once again in Israel’s Ethiopian Israeli community. The murder of Yeshi Amara, a mother of three whose family emigrated from Ethiopia five years ago, sent shockwaves through the community. The SHATIL-guided Yachdav Coalition, comprised of Ethiopian women and men, was formed to address the crisis [...]