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By: i24News - October 9, 2020
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed on Friday, apprising him of Jerusalem's plans of airlifting 2,000 Ethiopian Jews to the Jewish state.
“I updated Prime Minister Abiy that I intend to immediately bring some 2,000 people from Addis Ababa and Gondar, as part of our commitment to continuing the Aliyah of Jews to Israel,” Netanyahu tweeted.
Netanyahu said Abiy replied that the move was to go ahead and that it “symbolizes the special relationship between the peoples.”
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