Photo: Lior Sperandeo, Gondar
They wait in Ethiopia. Their families wait in Israel. It's time to end the separation.
The Struggle for Ethiopian Aliyah works to advance a government resolution, remove barriers, and complete the aliyah of the Jewish communities waiting in Gondar and Addis Ababa.
My mother has not seen her son in 15 years!
Thousands waiting
in Gondar and Addis Ababa
Decades
of waiting and uncertainty
Thousands of families
torn between Israel and Ethiopia
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Thousands of members of Jewish communities are waiting in Gondar and Addis Ababa, some for over twenty years, after leaving their villages following promises of aliyah.
Their first-degree relatives, parents, children, brothers and sisters, live in Israel, serve in the army, work, and wait.
Government resolutions were passed but never fully implemented, leaving families torn between two countries, because of bureaucracy.
A binding decision with a defined timeline for continuing aliyah and reuniting families.
Full funding for aliyah, absorption, and family reunification.
A fast, transparent, and fair completion of eligibility reviews for everyone waiting in Gondar and Addis Ababa.
Let parents, children, brothers and sisters reunite, because families should not be torn apart by bureaucracy.
Thousands of members of Jewish communities in Ethiopia have been waiting for years in Gondar and Addis Ababa to immigrate to Israel and reunite with their families. While their parents, children, brothers and sisters live here in Israel, they remain behind, in a reality of waiting, uncertainty, economic hardship, and ongoing family pain.
The Struggle for Ethiopian Aliyah works to end this separation.
We demand that the Israeli government fulfill its moral, Jewish, and familial responsibility: advance a clear government resolution, allocate a dedicated budget, complete the eligibility checks, and allow families to reunite in Israel.
This is not just a story of aliyah.
It is a story of families.
It is a story of responsibility.
It is a story of justice.
📷 Photos: Lior Sperandeo, Belihon Belachew, Yitzhak Mola, and the campaign archive
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