The last flight of Operation Rock of Israel, the latest effort to bring the remainder of the Falash Mura community in Ethiopia to Israel, landed Thursday morning with some 300 new immigrants disembarking at Ben-Gurion Airport. Some 2,000 members of the Falash Mura community have been brought to Israel during the latest operation, which was approved by the government in September, with the first flight arriving on December 3. “Finished but not complete,” Tamano-Shata said upon the arrival of the last 200 immigrants of Operation Rock of Israel. These people and others were left out of Operation Rock of Israel despite fulfilling the criteria of having first-degree relatives in Israel. The large majority of the 7,000 people who remained in Ethiopia before Operation Rock of Israel and who were approved for immigration are of paternal Jewish descent.

Source: Ethiopian News March 11, 2021 07:24 UTC