Local police attempted to break up the demonstration, which did not have a proper permit, reportedly leading to the violence.
Reuters reported that some 500 members of the Association of Ethiopian Jews in
More than 100,000 Ethiopian Jews live in
The Cabinet's approval came as aid groups involved with Ethiopian aliyah reached an agreement under which mass Ethiopian aliyah would end once the 8,000 Ethiopians are brought to the Jewish state. They began arriving in February and will continue at a rate of about 200 a month.
Some 80 demonstrators claiming Jewish heritage were arrested and about the same number were injured as they protested outside the embassy demanding the right to immigrate to
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