A Falash Mura man committed suicide after losing hope that Israel would allow his children to immigrate to the Jewish state. Abebe Asechnke, 55, hung himself at an absorption center in the southern town of Kiryat Gat on Tuesday, leaving behind a note that said he decided to kill himself because Israel was not bringing over his children from Ethiopia.
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