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In this photo from the Jewish Agency, Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata (left) and 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
Screen capture from undated video released by the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency on November 16, 2020 shows Ethiopian military personnel sitting on an armored personnel carrier next to a national flag, on a road in an area near the border of the Tigray and Amhara regions of Ethiopia. (Ethiopian News Agency via AP)
November 29, 2020, 4:22 am
Ethiopia declares victory as military gains ‘full control’ of Tigray capital
Regional government says Mekele was ‘heavily bombarded’ in the final push to arrest its leaders
By Cara Anna
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
Screen capture from undated video released by the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency on November 16, 2020 shows Ethiopian military personnel sitting on an armored personnel carrier next to a national flag, on a road in an area near the border of the Tigray and Amhara regions of Ethiopia. (Ethiopian News Agency via AP)
November 17, 2020, 9:20 pm
Nine Israelis rescued from Ethiopian war zone in ‘complex’ operation
Foreign Ministry says its officials in African nations and at the UN worked on coordinating safe exit of five irrigation workers and four humanitarian volunteers from Tigray
By Stuart Winer and AP
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
Ethiopians who fled their homes due to ongoing fighting are pictured at a refugee camp in the Hamdait border area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 12, 2020. (Photo by - / AFP)
November 15, 2020, 1:25 pm
In huge escalation, Ethiopian rebel forces fire missiles at Eritrean capital
Leader of Ethiopia’s Tigray region accuses Eritrea of sending soldiers across the border, threatens more rockets ‘as long as troops are fighting here’
By Cara Anna
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