Tag: Ethiopia
Israel mulling options to rescue citizens in war-torn Ethiopia
An emergency meeting of Israel's National Security Council was held on Tuesday morning to examine options for rescuing Israelis trapped in war-torn northern Ethiopia.
Foreign Ministry officials said at the meeting that there are about...
Israeli team overcomes blackout during surgery in Ethiopia
Last week, a delegation of Israeli surgeons faced a daunting challenge when a general power failure interrupted a life-saving surgery they were performing in Ethiopia. But thanks to their quick thinking and resourcefulness, the...
More than 100 Ethiopians land in Israel, their new home
A total of 111 new immigrants (olim) from Ethiopia landed in Tel Aviv on May 9, joining some 95,000 of their countrymen who have immigrated to Israel.
Mark Wilf, chairman of the board of governors...
209 Ethiopian ‘olim’ and Jewish Federation leaders land in Israel
Hundreds of community leaders from Jewish Federations across the United States and Canada, as well as senior Jewish Agency for Israel officials, spent three days in Ethiopia meeting with families awaiting immigration to Israel...
Ethiopian Israeli Sigal Kanotopsky: ‘We are all pieces of the same puzzle’
Sigal Kanotopsky—Ethiopia-born, Israel-bound and recently resettled in Philadelphia—speaks of her identity simply: “I am a Jew and an Israeli born in Ethiopia.”
But her identity was not always so concisely defined. Kanotopsky, now 46, arrived...
Ethiopian families prepare for immigration to Israel, many after decades of waiting
GONDAR, Ethiopia—Ahead of the immigration of 180 Ethiopians to Israel on June 1, a continuation of “Operation Tzur Israel (‘Operation Rock of Israel’),” Ethiopian families spoke with JNS in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar. After...
Israelis fly to Ethiopia to alleviate humanitarian crisis
The world has taken little notice of the civil war that has been raging in Ethiopia for the last two years.
This greatly troubles Ethiopian-born Israeli parliamentarian Gadi Yevarkan, who this week is leading a...
Israel to evacuate families of diplomats in war-stricken Ethiopia
Israel will evacuate the families of Israeli diplomats stationed in Ethiopia due to the escalating civil war there, and all Israeli citizens currently in the country are advised to leave immediately, Israel’s Foreign Ministry...
Israeli government flies 6-year-old boy from Ethiopia for cardiac treatment
The Israeli NGO Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), along with the medical team at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, has provided life-saving treatment to thousands of children from around the world in the...
Report: Iran behind plot to attack UAE embassies in Africa
Iran was behind a recently foiled plot to attack embassies of the United Arab Emirates in Ethiopia and Sudan, The New York Times reported on Monday.
The paper quoted Israeli and Western intelligence sources who said the plot...