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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Addis Ababa

A member of the Ethiopian community celebrates upon arriving at Ben Gurion airport on March 11, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 31, 2023, 6:07 am
Shedding image as bystanders to history, Ethiopian Jews reclaim their exodus saga
Activists are highlighting the roles community leaders and others played in bringing the Beta Israel to Israel, seeking to combat racist attitudes and empower Ethiopian youth
By Jessica Steinberg
New immigrants from Ethiopia land at Ben Gurion Airport on June 1, 2022. (Maxim Dinshtein)
June 1, 2022, 7:52 pm
181 Ethiopian immigrants land in Israel as aliyah from African nation restarts
After more than a year without immigration flights from Addis Ababa, the first of what are promised to be 3,000 new olim greeted with festive ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport
By Amy Spiro
A destroyed tank is seen by the side of the road south of Humera in western Tigray, then annexed by the Amhara region, in Ethiopia, on May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
November 2, 2021, 11:08 pm
Ethiopia declares nationwide emergency as rebels threaten capital
Government orders Addis Ababa residents to prepare to defend neighborhoods from Tigrayan forces locked in brutal year-long war with Ethiopian army
By Robbie COREY-BOULET
Members of the Ethiopian Jewish community arrive at Ben Gurion airport, outside Tel Aviv, on December 3, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 3, 2020, 12:30 pm
Kissing the ground, hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants welcomed to Israel
Ethiopia-born Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shato arrives with flight, greeted with fanfare at airport, as plan to bring 2,000 kicks off, with thousands more still waiting
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
In this photo from the Jewish Agency, Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata (left) and then-Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog (center) greet 119 new immigrants from Ethiopia at Ben Gurion Airport, May 21, 2020. (Shlomi Amsalem)
November 29, 2020, 4:43 pm
Immigration minister arrives in Ethiopia to airlift 500 Jews to Israel
Some 14,000 Ethiopians with Jewish roots are waiting to come to Israel, but government has so far approved just 2,000
By ToI Staff
Members of the Jewish Ethiopian community hold up photographs of their relatives outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on November 25, 2020, during a demonstration demanding to bring thousands of their remaining brethren from Ethiopia to Israel. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
November 25, 2020, 10:05 pm
Ethiopian Israelis beg government to airlift relatives from war-torn country
Rally outside PM’s office draws some 200 protesters; many hold up photos of family members who’ve been waiting years to immigrate
By ToI Staff
An undated photo of Germew Gete in army uniform. (Courtesy)
November 16, 2020, 4:42 pm
Ethiopia conflict claims 1st Jewish victim; he’d waited 24 years for Israel move
Girmew Gete, 36, who was shot dead in the Amara-Tigray border area, is survived by partner and 4-year-old daughter; his 84-year-old grandmother is mostly alone in Kiryat Gat
By Sue Surkes
Amhara militia men, who combat alongside federal and regional forces against northern region of Tigray, receive training in the outskirts of the village of Addis Zemen, north of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, on November 10, 2020. (Eduardo Soteras/AFP)
November 11, 2020, 7:09 pm
Sudan fears massive influx of refugees fleeing Ethiopia as fighting persists
Sudanese officials say at least 6,000 have already entered country from Tigray, with numbers rising
By Cara Anna and Samy Magdy
Members of the Falash Mura community reunite with their families at the Ben Gurion airport, outside Tel Aviv on February 4, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 25, 2020, 9:04 am
Escorted by Likud lawmakers, 43 new immigrants arrive from Ethiopia
Members of 9 families have specially shortened immigration procedures, in move opposed by AG, who warned their arrival could be understood as election campaign stunt
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 787 Dreamliner prepares to take off from Addis Ababa airport in Ethiopia, April 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare)
November 16, 2019, 10:12 am
Ethiopian Airlines names new Dreamliner plane ‘Tel Aviv’
Aircraft’s moniker said to have been a secret that was to be revealed at Ben Gurion Airport ceremony
By ToI Staff
In this image made from video, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announces a failed coup as he addresses the public on television, June 23, 2019 (ETV via AP)
June 23, 2019, 11:22 am
Ethiopian army chief, regional president killed in ‘failed coup attempt’
Internet in country cut amid reports of gunfire in capital overnight and unrest elsewhere, as government says it put down rebellion in Amhara state
By AFP
Illustrative: Soldiers stand at attention in Meskel Square at the start of a public funeral ceremony for late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
June 23, 2019, 5:54 am
Ethiopian army chief shot in failed coup attempt, prime minister says
Condition of top general unknown and internet in country cut amid reports of gunfire in capital overnight and unrest elsewhere in country
By AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 32nd African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa on February 10, 2019. (SIMON MAINA / AFP)
February 10, 2019, 7:02 pm
In Addis Ababa, Abbas urges African states to maintain support for Palestinians
PA president tells the African Union his people reject US intervention in Venezuela; speaks to Norwegian PM about Palestinian boycott of US-led conference in Poland
By Adam Rasgon
Ethiopian security forces intervene at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa on June 23, 2018, where a blast killed several people during a rally called by the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. (AFP Photo/Yonas Tadese)
June 23, 2018, 11:52 am
Deadly blast at rally for Ethiopia’s new, reformist prime minister
Abiy Ahmed says several killed in ‘well-orchestrated attack’ as he waved to tens of thousands of supporters in capital
By ELIAS MESERET
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks to members of Ethiopia's Jewish community, during a visit to a synagogue in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
April 23, 2018, 12:41 am
Israeli minister vows to help Ethiopian Jews move to Israel
In Addis Ababa on first official visit to Africa, Ayelet Shaked says she will do everything in her power to help estimated 8,000 remaining Jews
By MICHAEL ATSBEHA
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