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Israel to bring 5,800 Bnei Menashe Jews from India for settlement in occupied Palestine <article data-history-node-id="432001" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bring-5800-bnei-menashe-jews-india-settlement-occupied-palestine" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bring-5800-bnei-menashe-jews-india-settlement-occupied-palestine" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel to bring 5,800 Bnei Menashe Jews from India for settlement in occupied Palestine</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel is <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/israel-approves-proposal-to-bring-all-remaining-5800-jews-from-indias-northeast/article70321468.ece#:~:text=Israel's%20government%20has%20approved%20a,over%20the%20next%20five%20years.">reportedly </a>set to bring more than 5,800 Jewish community members from India to Israel for settlement in the Galilee region of the northern part of the occupied Palestinian territories. </p> <p>The Jewish Agency for Israel, an organisation that promotes Zionism globally has said that the Israeli cabinet has approved the proposal.</p> <p>The Bnei Menashe Jewish community is an ethnic community from the northeastern Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur. </p> <p>The report said that the plan was submitted by Immigration and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer.</p> <p>A large delegation of rabbis is expected to depart for India in the coming days and the plan is expected to require a special budget to cover conversion classes, housing, and Hebrew instruction. </p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bring-5800-bnei-menashe-jews-india-settlement-occupied-palestine