Minister of the Interior Silvan Shalom (Likud) has announced that his ministry will take immediate steps in order to bring 500 families of IDF soldiers still in Ethiopia to Israel.
Shalom made the declaration in the Knesset today (Monday) during a joint meeting between the Ministries of the Interior and Immigrant Absorption.
The endeavor is part of his stated goal of helping the entire remaining Jewish population of Ethiopia, about 7,000 people, to make aliyah.