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Prof. Eran Elinav, left, of Weizmann Institute of Science and Prof. Hila Elinav, head of the Hadassah AIDS Center in Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
February 12, 2026, 12:07 am
Israeli researchers find gut bacteria may boost immune system of HIV patients
Groundbreaking study led by Weizmann Institute of Science and Hadassah AIDS Center scientists paves the way for new medical therapies that target the body’s bacterial ecosystem
By Diana Bletter
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, left, speaks alongside Somaliland's President Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway East African region, on January 6, 2026. (Somaliland Presidential Office via AFP)
January 14, 2026, 10:30 am
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland brings danger and opportunity to a rough region
‘It is a mutually beneficial friendship,’ says breakaway region’s FM, though al-Shabab threats, Houthi risks and Middle East power games make the new ties with Jerusalem precarious
By SAM METZ and Omar Faruk
Ethiopian Jews attend a ceremony for the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem's Old City on November 20, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 21, 2025, 4:34 am
‘This brings our community together:’ Ethiopian Jews flock to Jerusalem for Sigd holiday
Thousands attended ceremony at promenade overlooking the Old City, including former Hamas hostage Avera Mengistu
By Rossella Tercatin
Dr. Lise Mumporeze, a Rwanda genocide survivor, stands in the backyard of the Save a Child's Heart Legacy Heritage Children's Home in Holon on the last day of her training program in Israel before she returns to Rwanda to become the first pediatric intensive care specialist in the country on November 3, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
November 19, 2025, 10:50 am
Come war, peace or pandemic, African doctors train in Israel to save lives back home
Some 165 medical professionals have received fellowships through Save a Child’s Heart; the nonprofit has helped over 8,000 kids from around the world since 1995
By Diana Bletter
Haymanut Kasau, 9, who went missing on February 25, 2024, from a Jewish Agency absorption center in Safed, northern Israel. (Courtesy)
February 14, 2025, 1:57 pm
Police weigh sending team to Ethiopia in hunt for Israeli girl who vanished a year ago
Report says key CCTV footage missing from time Haymanut Kasau, 10, disappeared at an absorption center in Safed in February 2024; MK: Government owes family more effort to find her
By ToI Staff
A Likud center member holds up a placard of Avraham Neguise in the primaries for the Likud party at the Tel Aviv Likud polling station on February 5, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
January 11, 2024, 7:43 am
Former MK Neguise’s candidacy as ambassador to Ethiopia stirs up his ‘missionary’ past
Within an Ethiopian-Israeli community fractured along religious lines, the former lawmaker’s nomination is refocusing attention on his little-known Christian chapter
By Canaan Lidor
Ethiopian migrants walk on the shores of Ras al-Ara, Lahj, Yemen, after disembarking from a boat, July 26, 2019. (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)
August 22, 2023, 5:03 pm
Ethiopia unveils probe with Saudis into alleged killing of migrants
Addis Ababa says it will ‘promptly’ investigate Human Rights Watch report claiming hundreds of Ethiopians killed; Saudi Arabia denies accusation
By AFP
Fenet Gossa and Kalkidan Eshteu work on their EZ Registration project at the Foka STEMpower center in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, July 2023. (courtesy)
August 21, 2023, 1:40 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 21: The ultra-Orthodox aren’t bringing down the coalition – yet
Deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan explores scientific entrepreneurship in Africa and religion reporter Canaan Lidor explains a community’s hostile takeover in Hungary
By ToI Staff
Ethiopian migrants chew Qat where they take shelter on a street in Marib, Yemen, July 30, 2019. (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)
August 21, 2023, 9:25 am
Rights group says Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants
Human Rights Watch report finds troops fired on unarmed civilians along boundary with Yemen, including with machine guns and mortars; Riyadh denies
By Jon Gambrell and EVELYNE MUSAMBI
Ethiopian Jews scuffle with police during a protest urging the government to bring their family members to Israel due to fighting in Ethiopia, near the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2023, 5:29 am
Israel to review Ethiopia immigration policy amid increased fighting in country
Minister appoints former top army officer to oversee process and present his conclusions, having previously reportedly ruled out further rescue mission to Gondar
By ToI Staff
Ethiopian Jews scuffle with police during a protest urging the government to bring their family members to Israel due to fighting in Ethiopia, near the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 15, 2023, 11:00 am
Israel not planning further evacuations from Ethiopia amid fighting, says minister
Ofir Sofer reportedly tells activists there’s unlikely to be a repeat of last week’s extraction of 204 Israelis and Ethiopians eligible for citizenship
By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff
High school pupils at the Foka STEMpower center in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, July 2023. (Courtesy)
August 11, 2023, 2:44 am
Seeding STEM centers in Africa, NGO looks for crop of scientists to cultivate continent
Based on the hands-on-science vision of a Boston-based former physicist, can STEMpower’s long-term bet on bringing science and computing to African youth lead to a revolution?
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Israelis and Ethiopian Jews board flights from Gondar and Bahir Dar to Addis Ababa, part of the Israeli government rescue operation amid fighting in northern Ethiopia August 10, 2023. (Israel Embassy in Addis Ababa)
August 10, 2023, 7:21 pm
Israel rescues some 200 citizens and Jews from Ethiopia conflict region
Flights bring group to Addis Ababa, from where new immigrants will continue to Israel; PM: ‘Israel looks after its citizens wherever they are’
By Lazar Berman and AP
Ethiopians protest in Gondar against continued intense fighting between the military and militia fighters, August 7, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 8, 2023, 2:13 am
Several Israelis said rescued, larger operation mulled, as Ethiopia clashes heat up
13 Israelis and 7 others whisked from town north of Gondar as National Security Council reportedly meets to discuss possibility of sending in armed convoy
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Terraced hills are seen off the road between Gondar and Danshe, a town in an area of western Tigray then annexed by the Amhara region during the ongoing conflict, in Ethiopia on May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
August 4, 2023, 10:08 pm
Israelis in Ethiopia’s Gondar urged to shelter in place amid intensifying clashes
Foreign Ministry says it’s in touch with 50 Israeli nationals and another 60 people eligible for citizenship in the Ethiopian city, as state of emergency declared
By ToI Staff and AP
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