Activists are highlighting the roles community leaders and others played in bringing the Beta Israel to Israel, seeking to combat racist attitudes and empower Ethiopian youth

A wave of 3,000 new immigrants is underway, but many activists say the piecemeal operation only prolongs the saga and provides false hope to those who will never be let into Israel

Newcomers transferred to 14-day quarantine period, but 6-year-old passenger in need of emergency heart surgery quickly taken to local hospital

Ethiopia-born Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shato arrives with flight, greeted with fanfare at airport, as plan to bring 2,000 kicks off, with thousands more still waiting

Some 14,000 Ethiopians with Jewish roots are waiting to come to Israel, but government has so far approved just 2,000

Rally outside PM's office draws some 200 protesters; many hold up photos of their family members who've been waiting years to immigrate

Girmew Gete, 36, who was shot dead in the Amara-Tigray border area, is survived by partner and 4-year-old daughter; his 84-year-old grandmother is mostly alone in Kiryat Gat

November 15 will mark 5 years since the government first promised to bring some 8,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel; officials are now selecting 2,000 for a January arrival

Nine firefighters and experts, led by Ethiopia-born Zion Shenkar, sent after local government says it cannot control flames in rugged Simien Mountains, near Gondar