The reason for this substantial amount of immigrants identifying as Christians is that their aliyah is considered a humanitarian act, of reuniting family members.
The Proposed Plan, the Full Details of Which Are Not Yet Clear, Is Similar to One Proposed by the Right-wing Israeli Immigration Policy Center, but There Is Opposition to It Within the Ministry and at the Tel Aviv Municipality
Every couple of years, we hear about the ‘last’ remaining descendants of Ethiopian Jewry fulfilling their dream of making Aliyah; Conversely, every year, the Ethiopian Church submits twice as many work visa applications for clergy, arguing that there is a shortage of faculty to accommodate the growing number of new believers