300 Ethiopian Immigrants The First To Make Aliyah To Israel In 2021

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 01/03/21 | News Source: JPost

The government decided in 2015 to help the last remaining Jews in Ethiopia make aliyah.

The new year is off to a great start for 300 new Ethiopian immigrants, who just made aliyah in the first immigration flights of 2021.The flights, arriving on the first day of the year, were part of Operation Rock of Israel, the latest airlift to help Jews in Ethiopia make aliyah and were carried out by the Jewish Agency and other Israeli officials and partner organizations, including the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (IECJ), which sponsored the flights for a third of the new immigrants.

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he issue of Ethiopian immigration has been prevalent for nearly six years, since the government decided in 2015 to help the last remaining Jews in Ethiopia make aliyah. However, the process remains slow. Read more at JPost