Immigration
10 articles
June 3, 2026
Aliyah from Ethiopia 2025: Rights for New Immigrants and What You Are Entitled To
Hundreds of new immigrants arrived in 2025. All rights, benefits and the absorption basket for new Ethiopian immigrants.
June 3, 2026
Operation Solomon and Operation Moses: The Great Aliyah Story
36 hours, 14,000 people. The dramatic aliyah operations from Ethiopia — testimonies, data and legacy.
May 20, 2026
Falash Mura 2026 — absorption rights and the aliyah track
The Israeli government approved continued Falash Mura aliyah from Gondar. 7,000 in process — update on rights, conversion procedure, and who qualifies.
April 25, 2026
Falash Mura aliyah — 2024 status update
~6,500 awaiting, direct-absorption pilot in Netanya/Rehovot/Kiryat Malachi handled 2,800 over 3 years. Q4 2024 government decisions.
February 25, 2026
President Herzog meets Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa
Herzog and Abiy Ahmed met in Addis Ababa and discussed improving cooperation on issues of mutual interest, days after Netanyahu proposed a regional 'hexagon' alliance. About 160,000 Jews of Ethiopian descent currently live in Israel.
February 10, 2026
State Comptroller opens audit of government decisions on Ethiopian Jewish aliyah
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman announced in the Knesset a new audit on the implementation of government decisions regarding the aliyah of the remaining Ethiopian Jewish community and "Zera Israel," and dedicated his remarks to the memory of Sgt. Asi Sama, who fell in the Iron Swords war.
February 1, 2026
About 2,000 Ethiopian-Israeli protesters rally at the Knesset, demanding Aliyah resume
The 'Koach LaAliyah' organization staged a protest at the Knesset demanding the government increase the Aliyah budget and bring family members to Israel, amid roughly 10,000 waiting in Ethiopia and a worsening civil war.
January 30, 2026
Aliyah and Integration Ministry's 2026 budget — again with no dedicated funding for aliyah from Ethiopia
For the third year running, the 2026 Aliyah and Integration Ministry budget includes no dedicated funding to continue the aliyah of those waiting in Ethiopia — including 1,226 already approved to immigrate. The advocacy headquarters expressed "deep anger and pain."
January 8, 2026
PM's Office publishes report on the national program for integrating Ethiopian-Israelis
A summary report on the government program to integrate Ethiopian-Israelis ("New Path") details roughly ₪209.6 million in allocations, local authority projects, and bias-reduction efforts in social services.
November 17, 2025
Knesset committee: "Halting aliyah from Ethiopia is a disgrace to the State of Israel"
Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora Committee chair MK Gilad Kariv attacked the government over the halt in aliyah from Ethiopia, and pledged to work toward resuming it. Most post-war aliyah has come from Russia, the US and France — while aliyah from Ethiopia remains stalled.