Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, convened the Ministerial Committee on the Advancement and Integration of Israeli Citizens of Ethiopian Origin, where he promised to bring another 1,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. "This is the 11th meeting of this ministerial committee. I asked [Interior Minister] Aryeh Deri, who is unable to be present at this meeting, to submit a draft Government decision. Prime Minister Netanyahu referred to reports of discrimination in Kiryat Gat:"Yesterday I heard an infuriating and racist remark against Ethiopian Jews in Kiryat Gat. We are not prepared to accept racism against the Ethiopian Jewish community or against any other ingathering in Israel.

Source: Ethiopian News September 17, 2018 14:48 UTC