Falash Mura

How Israel’s Falash Mura immigration from Ethiopia became a painful 30-year saga, with no end in sight

With rules that guarantee the separation of families, Israeli governments have kept alive a humanitarian issue they repeatedly said they’d solved.

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After decades of waiting, 300 of Ethiopia’s Falash Mura to leave for Israel this week

“I have been waiting to leave because this is not my home,” Kefale Tayachew Damtie, a father of six whose family is bound for Israel, told JTA.

A girl smiles upon arriving from Ethiopia as her mother kisses the ground at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Feb. 12, 2021. (Courtesy of ICEJ)

Israel briefly reopens Ben Gurion Airport for 302 immigrants from Ethiopia

A 6-year-old in need of emergency heart surgery was rushed to the hospital from the landing strip.

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Israel allocates $51 million to bring over 2,000 immigrants from Ethiopia by 2021

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Immigrants arrive in Israel from Ethiopia despite pandemic

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Coronavirus puts immigration of some 250 Ethiopian Jews to Israel on hold

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Dozens of new immigrants arrive in Israel from Ethiopia

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Israel seeks to bring 400 Ethiopians to rejoin families before March elections

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82 Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel, first of planned 1,000 under government plan

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Israel’s Cabinet approves plan to reunite 1,000 Ethiopian Falash Mura with family in Israel

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