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Israel begins verification for 3,000 more Ethiopians

A year since the last planeload of Falash Mura immigrants landed in Israel, advocates are hoping a new effort to review the aliyah eligibility of 3,000 Ethiopians will reopen the gates to mass Ethiopian immigration.

At White House, U.S. Jews offer little resistance to Obama policy on settlements

President Obama met at the White House with Jewish organizational leaders after weeks of tense exchanges between his administration and Israel over freezing Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank.