Israel to Approve Immigration for 1,000 Ethiopian Jews

The Israeli government has agreed to absorb 1,000 Ethiopian Jews — accepting just a small fraction of the African country's 8,000 remaining Jews who want to move to Israel. 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...

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