Kerry 'confident' Israel will probe violence in Ethiopians' protests

NAIROBI - US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he was confident Israel would investigate violence against the Ethiopian Jewish community after a wave of angry protests in recent days.

"I'm confident that Israeli leadership will work this through in a way that honors the goals, and aspirations and traditions and values of the people of Israel," Kerry told reporters in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

He said he believed the matter would be put "thoroughly under investigation."