Israel will accept the Falash Mura still in Ethiopia, Israel’s foreign minister said. Speaking during a visit Thursday to Addis Ababa, Silvan Shalom told reporters that the estimated 20,000 Falash Mura, Ethiopians of Jewish origin who had converted to Christianity but then returned to their roots, would begin immigrating to Israel next week.
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