Falash Mura

Rock of Israel: Ethiopians fly home to the Jewish state

Surviving war, famine and the pandemic, Ethiopians make aliyah and come to Israel.

 Azanu Girmay Melese and her extended family kiss the ground at Ben-Gurion Airport on July 4.
 Children of Falash Mura children help hand the washing outside their home in Gondar, Ethiopia, May 29, 2022.

Israel’s Falash Mura aliyah from Ethiopia: A painful 30-year saga

Members of the Falash Mura community from Ethiopia land in Israel as part of the second flight of the Rock of Israel operation.

NIS 150 million secured for Aliyah and absorption budget

The fifth flight of Operation Rock of Israel lands at Ben-Gurion Airport.

Fifth Operation Rock of Israel flight lands in Israel


Government approves decision to bring 1,000 of 8,000 Falash Mura to Israel

There are approximately 8,200 members of the Falash Mura community in the Ethiopian cities of Addis Ababa and Gondar who are seeking to immigrate to Israel.

Members of the Falash Mura community in Ethiopia

Israeli Politician On Ethiopian Jews: ‘Zionism Is Colorblind’

Avraham Neguise (Likud) welcomes Israeli PM’s decision to greenlight immigration of 1,000 Ethiopians, but he and other advocates argue decision does not go far enough.

MEMBERS OF the Falash Mura Jewish Ethiopian community attend a prayer service at the HaTikvah Synagogue in Gondar, northern Ethiopia, last September

Herzog: All remaining Falash Mura in Ethiopia must be brought to Israel

Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog said that Netnayahu’s decision to bring 1,000 of the approximately 8,000 members of the Falash Mura community to Israel was a "step in right direction."

MEMBERS OF the Falash Mura Jewish Ethiopian community attend a prayer service at the HaTikvah Synagogue in Gondar, northern Ethiopia, last September

Netanyahu says 1,000 more Falash Mura to be allowed to immigrate to Israel

The prime minister said he made the decision after consulting with the leading MKs campaigning for the Falash Mura, MKs Avraham Neguise and David Amsalem from his own Likud party.

Members of the Falash Mura community attend a prayer service at the Hatikva Synagogue in Gondar, northern Ethiopia, in 2016

Netanyahu says 1,000 more Falash Mura to be allowed to immigrate to Israel

The Falash Mura do not have the right to citizenship under the Law of Return since their ancestors converted under duress to Christianity, and are instead granted citizenship under the Law of Entry.

Members of the Falash Mura community attend a prayer service at the Hatikva Synagogue in Gondar, northern Ethiopia, in 2016

Ministerial committee delays decision on Falash Mura again

This is the third time this year a decision on the issue has been postponed.

Members of the Falash Mura community attend a prayer service at the Hatikva Synagogue in Gondar, northern Ethiopia, in 2016

Last remnants of Falash Mura community still hoping to come to Israel

“No one can say we are not Jewish. We wouldn’t wait if we weren’t Jewish. I wouldn’t wait for 20 years if I wasn’t Jewish,”

Members of the Falash Mura community in Ethiopia