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By Michael Horovitz - May 27, 2022
Two flights carrying 340 Ethiopian Jewish immigrants will land in Israel next week as part of a renewed effort to bring remaining community members to Israel, the Aliyah and Absorption Ministry announced on Thursday.
The operation, which aims to bring to Israel 3,000 Ethiopians who have been waiting for years at transit camps in Gondar and Addis Ababa, will resume following a year-long break and extended struggle by Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata.
A delegation led by Yaakov Hagoel, chairman of the World Zionist Organization and de facto head of the Jewish Agency for Israel, will leave for Ethiopia on Tuesday.
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