Posts Tagged: Ethiopia
Amid Dimming Hopes That This Year Will Be in Jerusalem, Jews in Ethiopia Prepare for World’s Largest Seder
The Jewish community in the embattled region of Gondar, Ethiopia is preparing for the world's largest Passover Seder this year, with nearly 4,000 Ethiopian Jews...
Nearly 200 Israelis Evacuated From North Ethiopia in Rescue Op
i24 News - Over 200 Israelis and those entitled to immigration to the Jewish state were rescued from northern Ethiopia amid ongoing violence, a joint...
South Africa’s Ruling Party Hails ‘Encouraging’ Expulsion of Israeli Diplomat
i24 News -South Africa’s ruling ANC party on Sunday welcomed the “encouraging” expulsion of an Israeli diplomat from the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Sharon Bar-Li,...
Russia’s Lavrov to Visit Africa as Moscow Seeks Non-Western Ties
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will begin an African tour in Egypt on Sunday, seeking to draw on demand for non-Western alliances as Moscow pushes...
Coups, COVID and Row Over Israel Test African Leaders at Summit
Leaders gathered at an African Union (AU) summit called on Saturday for the continent to have a bigger role on the international stage amid signs...
Ethiopian Jewry: Urgency of Return Questioned
i24 News – As a civil war prolongs in Ethiopia, some 8,000 Ethiopians of Jewish descent are waiting to be brought to Israel, by a...
Israel to Rejoin African Union as Observer, Eyeing More Support in Global Forums
Israel will regain observer country status at the 55-state African Union after almost twenty years outside the group, in the hopes of winning more diplomatic...
Saudi Arabia Bans Entry From UAE, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia will restrict travel to and entry from Ethiopia, UAE, Vietnam and Afghanistan over coronavirus concerns, the state news agency (WAS) reported on Saturday. The...
‘They All Play Together’: 35 Children From West Bank, Gaza and Around the World Find Life-Saving Heart Care in Israel
A Tel Aviv-area medical center is now treating about 35 children from around the world for life-threatening heart conditions, in what is largest group of...
Israel’s Aura Air Presents Its Air Purification Technology to 10 African Ambassadors
CTech - Israeli indoor-air management system company Aura Air presented 10 ambassadors of African countries with its indoor air purification and disinfection systems that fight...
Egypt’s Sisi Visits Sudan With Dam Diplomacy, Security on the Agenda
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visited Sudan on Saturday for the first time since the overthrow of former President Omar al-Bashir, as the neighbors push...
Israel to Honor Ethiopian Jews Who Perished in Sudan En Route to Israel
JNS.org – Following the normalization of ties between Israel and Sudan and the historic visit by Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen to the country last week, plans...
Conflict in Ethiopia Extends Greater Middle East’s Arc of Crisis
Fighting between the government of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Tigrayan nationalists in northern Ethiopia could extend an evolving arc of...
Israel’s Ethiopian-Born Aliyah Minister to Travel to Country of Birth to Bring 500 Jews to Israel
Israel’s Ethiopian-born Minister of Immigrant Absorption will be traveling to the country of her birth on Saturday to bring hundreds of the few remaining Jews...
