The High Court of Justice on Wednesday issued an order freezing the evacuation to Israel of 3,000 Ethiopians in transit camps in Addis Ababa and Gondar in light of an appeal claiming that most of them are not Jewish. The freeze of a cabinet decision to let 3,000 Ethiopian immigrants with first-degree relatives in to Israel will remain in place until a decision is made about the future of the operation. A prominent number of them have joined the petition.”The petition states that the government decision and the criteria for immigration contravene the Entry to Israel Law and the policy of immigration to Israel, because it is a core issue that is in deep public dispute, and because the new decision has far-reaching consequences. In November, Haaretz reported that Israel had brought dozens of immigrants to Israel secretly from Ethiopia, where a civil war is underway, and after they arrived here it emerged that most of them are not Jewish. Haaretz learned that the Population and Immigration Authority said the operation, which put human lives at risk and threatened Israel’s diplomatic ties with Ethiopia, was “a planned conspiracy that took advantage of the system.”

Source: Ethiopian News February 03, 2022 02:37 UTC