Meir Sheetrit

After being shut for more than a year, the gates of mass Ethiopian immigration to Israel may be swinging open again -- this time for some 9,000 people.  

After being shut for more than a year, the gates of mass Ethiopian immigration to Israel may be swinging open again—this time for some 9,000 people.  

After being shut for more than a year, the gates of mass Ethiopian immigration to Israel may be swinging open again – this time for some 9,000 additional people.  

But controversy, charges and counter-charges go on — now focused on the remaining Falash Mura, those Ethiopians who claim to be descendants of converts from Judaism and who seek to make aliyah to Israel.  

Israeli police imposed even more strict military measures in Jerusalem Friday as Palestinians are to perform the Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent further clashes.  

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at a meeting in Cairo, Egypt's MENA news agency has reported. The Israeli delegation also included Interior Minister Eliyahu Yishai and National Security Advisor Uzi Arad. "The [Egyptian] president called on the sides to continue negotiations on permanent borders of the Palestinian state," Egyptian presidential spokesman Suleiman Awad said after the talks. During

The [Egyptian] president called on the sides to continue negotiations on permanent borders of the Palestinian state   -Suleiman Awad