The Cabinet at its weekly meeting today approved the proposal of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon to bring to Israel approximately 1,000 members of the Falash Mura community with children are in Israel. Under the decision, the Interior Minister will be assigned responsibility of evaluating and approving entry of candidates meeting the criterion of having children who entered Israel as per previous government decisions regarding the Falash Mura community. In the framework of the decision, the parents will be able to bring with them their partners and their unmarried children who do not have children. According to the proposal, non-Jews will be allowed to immigrate to Israel who are family members of those who came by virtue of belonging to the Falash Mura community. The Aliyah and Integration Ministry will provide those entering Israel with the rights due to Ethiopian immigrants as has been given up to now under government decisions regarding the Falash Mura.

Source: Ethiopian News October 07, 2018 15:56 UTC