Netanyahu Welcomes Yemenite Jewish Immigrants

Jerusalem, 21 March, 2016 (TPS) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially welcomed the 17 Yemenite Jews who were brought to Israel on Monday, March 21, in a “secret operation,” the Prime Minister’s office said.

The new arrivals brought with them an 800-year-old Torah scroll, which Prime Minister Netanyahu read from together with one of the Yemenite children. 

“Welcome to Jerusalem, to the Land of Israel,” Netanyahu told them. “I am very excited to see you here. It’s exciting that you know how to read the Torah scroll. That’s the foundation. For many years we thought about bringing you here and, with God’s help, it worked out.”