Seventy-six Jews from the Ethiopian province of Kwara arrived at Israel’s Ben- Gurion Airport on Tuesday. “This is the first of 40 flights on which we plan over the next 40 weeks to bring to Israel the 3,800 Jews from Kwara,” said Michael Jankelowitz, spokesman for the Jewish Agency for Israel.
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