This week in power: Ethiopian protests and Nepal earthquake

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

Ethiopian uprising
“When several thousand Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Sunday, in response to the brutal and unprovoked police beating of an Ethiopian Jewish solider, many outsiders immediately asked if there were parallels to the American protests in Ferguson or Baltimore,” ” target=”_blank”>wrote Judie Oron at The Canadian Jewish News.

“This does not necessarily mean that we will see more similar violent outbursts in the near future. But it will influence some new thinking in Israel about how racist it has become,” ” target=”_blank”>helped out amid the crisis. “Israeli humanitarian aid, however, is unique in that it invariably evokes cynicism,” ” target=”_blank”>said Steven A. Cook at Newsweek. “Rather, the point is that this remarkable and unique humanitarian side of Israel, most recently expressed in its rescue mission to Nepal, is to a significant extent the real Israel. Yes, it needs to do better with the Palestinians even now,”