They told us to wait a week,” he told The Media Line. “There is the whole humanitarian aspect of being reunited with their families here in Israel,” he told The Media Line. While Hailu’s late father was Beta Israel, his mother is not and as such, they could not come to Israel. “I have inquired so many times about bringing my family over, but they don’t care,” Hailu told The Media Line. In 2015, Netanyahu directed the government to bring the rest of the Ethiopian Jews in the camps to Israel by 2020, a directive that was not implemented.

Source: Ethiopian News February 16, 2021 17:37 UTC