These people welcomed on behalf of the family reunion are Falashmoras, a community converted from force to Christianity and who claims to come down from the Jews of Ethiopia.
Le Monde with AFP
The Israeli government approved Sunday, November 28, the “immediate” immigration of 3,000 Ethiopians including family members in Israel feared in particular for their lives because of the violence in this East African country.
The cabinet gave its green light to “unanimity” to “immediate” immigration of 3,000 Ethiopians with first-degree parents in Israel, said the Office of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a statement.
This measure will “welcome thousands of people waiting in Addis Ababa and Gondar”, northern city near Tigger, welcomed Twitter Minister of Immigration, PNina Tamano-Shata, Itself native of Ethiopia. “Finally, parents, children, brothers and sisters and orphans will be gathered with their families after decades of waiting,” she added.
These Ethiopians welcomed on behalf of family reunification are Falashmoras, community converted to Christianity and who affirms Ethiopian Jews.
“Ethiopian Jews in danger”
Falashmoras do not benefit from Israeli law on the return. This allows every Jew of the diaspora to immigrate to Israel and become automatically citizen, hence the need for these Ethiopians to go through family reunification requests.
Mid-November, several hundred people, including Minister Tamano-Shata, had manifested to Jerusalem to ask the government to welcome “Ethiopian Jews in danger” in their country with a civilian conflict in Tigi (North ).
The fighters of the People’s Liberation Front of the Tiger (TPLF) opposite to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have advanced in recent months in neighboring regions, not excluding walking on the capital Addis Ababa.
The Ethiopian community in Israel has more than 140,000 people. In recent years, they have organized a series of demonstrations to denounce the racism and discrimination they say they are facing and to demand that members of families remained in Ethiopia can join them.