Hundreds of protestors blocked Ayalon road on Monday, in response to authorities' refusal to charge a driver who killed a young Ethiopian boy in a hit-and-run accident.
Thousands of Ethiopian citizens claim they are entitled for aliyah, but Israel says that the aliyah from this country has ended.
A staggering 4,226 individuals from camps in Gondar and Addis Ababa had submitted Aliyah requests as the conflict escalated across Ethiopia.
The second phase of Operation Tzur Israel, an initiative aimed at facilitating the Aliyah of relatives of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, was completed on Wednesday, as 130 new immigrants arrived.
Similar stories of suffering and making aliyah to Israel unite Israelis of all backgrounds.
Torah study at early ages, lack of screentime may be behind the phenomenon.
The amount of approved olim remaining in Ethiopia is 800, according to Shay Felber, director of the Aliyah and Absorption Unit.
The mother of two told the school that she was Jewish and was married through the rabbinate without having gone through a conversion process, but was still denied registration.
Ethiopian olim who landed yesterday will be placed in new apartments in one of the new neighborhoods of Kiryat Gat.
But just for a moment, on whatever side of the aisle we may be, we might consider stepping back and assessing the land, the nation we love, from a distance.
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