(Photo: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)Minister of Immigration and Absorption Ofir Sofer on Wednesday appointed Brig.-Gen. (res) Harel Kanfo to review the Jewish state’s policies regarding further immigration from Ethiopia to Israel. Earlier this month, Israel rescued 174 Israelis and Ethiopians eligible to immigrate from Gondar under the Law of Return. The group represents descendants of Ethiopian Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity in the 19th century. In the 1980s and 1990s, Israel airlifted thousands of Ethiopian Jews, known as Beta Israel, out of Ethiopia. Since 1992, Ethiopian Jews in Israel have sought to persuade changing Israeli governments to bring the Falash Mura to Israel.

Source: Ethiopian News August 18, 2023 16:01 UTC