With mass Ethiopian aliyah slated to end in early July, a pall of uncertainty hangs over the thousands of Ethiopian petitioners who remain in Gondar, hoping they’ll be taken to a new life in Israel.
In Israel for the first time since publication of their controversial, critical book about the pro-Israel lobby in the United States, Profs. Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer were met with praise and rebuke.
With the final planeload of Ethiopian immigrants scheduled to land in Israel early next month, advocates of Falash Mura aliyah are hoping a last-ditch intervention by Israel’s prime minister will extend immigration rights to another 8,500 Ethiopians.
