(VOVworld) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for action against racial discrimination towards Ethiopian Jews, following several demonstrations that broke out protesting Israeli police’s brutality.

Israeli police uses horses and stun grenades to control the demonstrations. (Photo: RTÉ)

Addressing a meeting on Monday with leaders of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Jerusalem, Netanyahu called on the Israeli people to fight, denounce, and eliminate racism. He said he would chair a Commission, whose members include the ministers of education, housing, culture, religions, and labour, to work on a plan to tackle racism.