US EditionWhy Israel Is Airlifting This 'Lost Tribe' From India's Northeast
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Why Israel is airlifting this 'lost tribe' from India's northeast
Far from the Middle East, Israel undertook a silent mission in India. Announced last year by Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel on Thursday airlifted around 250 members of the Bnei Menashe community as part of its Operation Wings of Dawn.
More than 250 Indians claiming from a biblical tribe landed in Tel Aviv as part of a financing operation for their immigration to Israel More than 250 Indians claiming to descend from Israel
These Indians present themselves as descendants of Manasseh, the father, according to the Bible account, of one of Israel's twelve tribes, whose descendants, as well as those of nine other tribes, were deported as a result of an Assyrian invasion.
Of all the tribes of the world, the B'nei Menashe are as disoriented as any. A few thousand are found in a remote corner of India, in the kibbutz of Ma'oz Tzur, where a subtropical breeze blew beside the mezuzah at the door of Shimon Ngamthenlal recently. He moved around his bamboo hut, taking care of a collection of writings on Judaism, printed in English and Hebrew. At the back, women sitting on wicker stools cut wild vegetables for their fami…
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