Israel on Sunday commemorated the thousands of Ethiopian Jews who perished while seeking to make aliyah in the late 20th century. In the 1980s, Israel covertly evacuated thousands of Ethiopian Jews, also known as Beta Israel, from refugee camps in Sudan, where they had fled to escape famine and war. Some 4,000 refugees are estimated to have died while making the perilous journey by foot from Ethiopia to Sudan, or due to poor conditions in the camps. “It is doubtful whether they imagined the dangers that would follow them on their way through such a hostile country as Sudan. Sephardi, Ashkenazi, and Ethiopian — we are brothers.”

Source: Ethiopian News May 30, 2022 00:03 UTC