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Joyful Ethiopians kiss the ground after making Aliyah to Israel
Over 300 300 3 Ethiopian Jewish immigrants arrived in Israel last month, many of them kissing the ground in thanks when they came off the plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Israeli Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, herself an Ethiopian Jew, accompanied the immigrants on the flight. She is working to bring up to 8000 more Jews to Israel who have been stranded in Ethiopia for years. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was at the airport to greet the new arrivals, saying he and his wife Sara had tears in their eyes. “These new immigrants are part of the 2000 Ethiopian Jews that the Government of Israel has approved to make Aliyah by spring 2021,” Keren Hayesod of said in a statement. The organisation is part of Operation , the project to bring the thousands of Ethiopian Jews still waiting to return home and reunite with their families already in Israel. “Following decades of separation and grave circumstances, thousands of Ethiopians will now
