Homeward. (airlift of 16,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel) From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: June 3, 1991 | COPYRIGHT 1991 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

To their own countrymen, they are known, unkindly, as "Falashas" - strangers. But the black Jews of Ethiopia have always known where they belonged. Last week, with rebel forces moving on Ethiopia's capital, they got their wish, as Israel began a massive airlift of the remaining 16,000 Ethiopian Jews.

While the United States and Israel have been sniping at each other over stalled Mideast peace plans, the two countries have been working closely and quietly to free the Ethi...