Some 180 Ethiopian immigrants arrived in Israel on Wednesday, with another 160 scheduled to arrive on Thursday. Their arrival signals the end of a saga that has separated families and left many Ethiopian Jews living in temporary transit camps for decades. “First of all, it’s always good to come home to Israel and it’s always better to return with new immigrants. Dubbed Operation Zur Israel (Rock of Israel in Hebrew), the initiative will ultimately reunite 3,000 Ethiopians with their families in Israel through a series of flights during the next few months. It’s not a secret, that it needed a stubborn battle in order to continue with Operation Zur Israel, of the Aliyah of Ethiopian Jews to Israel,” said Tamano-Shata.

Source: Ethiopian News June 02, 2022 14:08 UTC