PM Benjamin Netanyahu greets leaders of the Israel's Ethiopian community at a memorial ceremony in Jerusalem on May 18, 2023. (Amos Ben-Gershon/GPO)“In our parents’ house, we ‘ate’ Jerusalem, ‘drank’ Jerusalem, slept and woke up with Jerusalem, and when a daughter was born in the family, we called her ‘Jerusalem.’”By Pesach Benson, TPSFor most Israelis, Jerusalem Day is about celebrating the city’s reunification during the Six-Day War of 1967. Jerusalem Day is also the day Israel’s 160,000 Ethiopians commemorate their 4,000 brothers and sisters who died trying to reach Israel. Addressing the ceremony, Netanyahu said, “One of the expatriates from Ethiopia says, I quote: ‘In our parents’ house, we ‘ate’ Jerusalem, ‘drank’ Jerusalem, slept and woke up with Jerusalem, and when a daughter was born in the family, we called her ‘Jerusalem’, despite the bullying of the foreign environment. “A large part of life there, in the heart of Africa, revolves around Jerusalem – in thoughts, imaginations, prayers.

Source: Ethiopian News May 18, 2023 12:36 UTC