Jerusalem – The Israeli government has agreed to absorb 1,000 Ethiopian Jews — accepting just a fraction of the African country’s 8,000 remaining Jews who want to move to Israel.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a special committee had agreed to allow community members who already have children in Israel to immigrate. It was not clear what will happen to the remaining 7,000 people.
Alisa Bodner, a spokeswoman for Israel’s Ethiopian community, called Netanyahu’s decision an “incredible disappointment.”
Many of the 8,000 are practicing Jews and have relatives in Israel. But Israel doesn’t consider them Jewish under strict religious law, meaning their immigration requires special approval.
Israel agreed in 2015 to bring the remaining Ethiopians to Israel, but has not authorized funding for their move. The families allege discrimination.
Chillul Hashem and racism. The Sephardim, especially from Yemen, also faced such racism and hatred in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Note that the article states, “Many of the 8,000 are practicing Jews and have relatives in Israel.” Unfortunately, the religious establishment “doesn’t consider them Jewish under strict religious law, meaning their immigration requires special approval.” So all of a sudden, no money to settle them. And the Ethiopian government wants them schmad.
everyone agrees they are NOT Jews even the political Rabbinut makes them “convert” they are genetically identical to their African peers, they do this for diversity reasons and to make the federations happy so those federations can go to Obama like politicians and day we have black “Jews” they might as well be the Yoruba.
The Ethiopian Jewish community (Beta Israel) have practiced Judaism since before the Maccabbes, in fact they were unaware of Chanukah. Their Torahs are written in Ge’ez the ancient language of Ethiopia. They survived the centuries thinking they were the only Jews in the world and suffered forced conversion to xtianity. THESE PEOPLE WANT TO RETURN TO ISRAEL, unlike the shetl alt-frum haderi who hate Israel and spit on her. 99% of BETA ISRAEL in Israel make great citizens, remain Jewish and serve in the IDF. Do you haters know any Ethiopian Jews? I do. They are great people! Let them be!