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Ethiopian Jews have been waiting for a visa for Israel for years

One of the oldest Jewish communities in the world resides in Ethiopia. According to religious accounts, their origins go back to the year 950 BC and their members would be descendants of the queen of Saba and King Solomon. Known as Beta Israel, the community was persecuted by the communist regime that ruled the country between 1974 and 1991. Israel evacuated 20,000 Ethiopian Jews during the operations of Moses and Solomon. But thousands were left behind and, decades later, they still expect to be able to reach the Promised Land.

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Three years from October 7: what changed in Israel and Gaza?

The Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 changed Israel and triggered a war in Gaza that has transformed the region. Three years later, the trauma, political polarization and the wear-off of the conflict continue to mark society today. In the debate in France 24 we discussed what has changed and what future can be opened with the parliamentary elections of 27 October.

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7 October: What warnings did Netanyahu receive?

In our Context section we analyze the external and internal warnings that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have received, prior to the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. Three years after and 20 days after the elections, the most competitive candidates do not offer an alternative to the military strategy for a settlement of the conflict with the Palestinians. Meanwhile, attacks in Gaza continue despite the ceasefire and the destruction of the territory.

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No longer the same Israel? October 7 and the future of the Jewish State

For now, it's still Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel. In 2023, in the immediate aftermath of the country's worst day of bloodshed in its history, pundits predicted the quick demise of the right-wing prime minister. But on the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks, Israel's still not reckoned with the security failures on the day, the root causes of the Hamas-led terror attack, the brutal war of vengeance that followed and above all, Netanyahu is still prime minister with a fair shot at re-election. Even if the Likud leader is voted out on October 27, his most serious election rivals don't exac

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"How three years of Israel's genocidal war have changed Gaza": 'Al Jazeera'

They are three years since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. Benjamin Netanyahu's response radically changed life in Gaza.'Al Jazeera 'details how thousands of Palestinians went from living to surviving among the rubble. While' The Jerusalem Post 'talks about the impact of this date on the Israelis and how it comes, according to' Libération ', to have an important weight in the campaign for the 27 October elections in Israel.

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Israel Commemorates the Victims of the 7th or Third Anniversary of the Hamas Attack

The families of the victims and hostages have taken advantage of the third anniversary of October 7 to rehold the Benjamin Netanyahu Government accountable following the Hamas attacks in 2023. In Tel Aviv, thousands of people meet to honor the memory of the victims, the commemoration also comes for the first time with all the hostages back, marking a new stage in the duel of many Israeli families. This happens while the consequences of the conflict following those attacks persist. The Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip has left a