Africa-Press-Ethiopia<\/p>\n
On Thursday morning, Israel welcomed another 162 Ethiopian Jews, members of the Falash Mura community, who landed in the Jewish state to make their aliyah.<\/p>\n
The newly-made Israelis made their way into the Jewish state on the fifth flight conducted as part of the so-called \u201cRock of Israel\u201d operation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am extremely excited to see these new arrivals in Israel,\u201d Pnina Tamano-Shata, Israel\u2019s Minister of Aliyah and Integration, who is of Ethiopian origin herself, said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have begun to correct this old wrong, and it gives me the strength to continue to act,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Under the restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Israel, the new immigrants will have to go for a two-week quarantine before reuniting with their families.<\/p>\n
Under \u201cRock of Israel,\u201d the Jewish state intends to fly in a total of some 2,000 Ethiopian Jews, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in October, unveiling the plan.<\/p>\n
In early December, 316 Ethiopians of Jewish faith arrived in Israel as part of this initiative.<\/p>\n
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