Eric Danon also explains why Paris won't outlaw Hezbollah, what's next for French aliyah and how he defied diplomatic tradition to become France's first Jewish ambassador to Israel

'They have been waiting a long time to fulfill the dream of aliyah,' Ethiopian-born immigration minister says; country commemorates Ethiopian Jews who died en route to Israel

Coronavirus pandemic disrupts air travel, throwing off two years of aliyah planning, with some fearing they would never make it to Israel

New immigrants get sent straight into quarantine, but don't regret it

Amid accusations of ageism and after a frustrating stop-start immigration process, 14 Falash Mura families to be reunited with Israeli relatives, while hundreds more wait

Even as the two dozen new immigrants were in air on their way to their new land, the country tightened coronavirus guidelines and bureaucrats scrambled

Immigration ministry spokesperson claims Prime Minister's Office nixed flights for health reasons; former MK Avraham Neguise says immigration from other countries is unhindered

Population Authority statistics show some 95% of Western immigrants are recognized by Israel's rabbinate as Jewish, but only about a third from former Soviet Union

Hiddush, a religious freedom organization, releases erroneous number, obtained through a freedom of information request, also claiming 70% of US immigrants are non-Jews

More people make aliyah in 2019 than in the last 10 years; Russia leads way with most immigrants, followed by Ukraine, France, US and Ethiopia