Judy Maltz and Allison Kaplan Sommer / Haaretz

How Christian evangelical money and Biblical prophecy are driving immigration to Israel

After days of despair and uncertainty came some welcome news: the Israeli government would allow some 300 Ethiopians stranded in Gondar since early February to come to Israel. Their flight to Tel Aviv had received special permission to take off, they were told, even though Ben-Gurion Airport had been shuttered during the latest coronavirus lockdown….