Sub-Inspectors Tikva Makonnen and Oshrat Negosa | Photo: Jonathan Shaul
2 Ethiopian Israeli women become Border Police officers
Sub-Inspector Oshrat Negosa and Sub-Inspector Tikva Makonnen make history in a ceremony at Beit Horon. Negosa: From a young age, I saw myself serving in a combat role, and I’m waiting for my first operation.
In a first, two Ethiopian Israeli women have been promoted to the rank of officer in the Border Police, and will command platoons of new recruits.
Sub-Inspector Oshrat Negosa and Sub-Inspector Tikva Makonnen received their new ranks on Thursday from Acting Police Commissioner Moti Cohen and Border Police Commander Maj. Gen. Yaakov Shabtai at a ceremony at the Border Police training school at Beit Horon.
Negosa, 21, was selected to read a message from her graduating class and added a personal note: “How symbolic it is that this ceremony is being held just before Jerusalem Day. The same weight of morals and values is here that was there the day Jerusalem was liberated and in the deserts of Sudan on the way to the dream of Jerusalem.
“The families sitting here now, greatly restricted in light of the [corona] restrictions — you are the ones who shaped, taught, and supported us all the way. You are our true source of pride and without you, we wouldn’t be standing here,” she said.
