After 8-month hiatus, Ethiopian immigrants land in Israel

72 new immigrants arrive in the country on the first of three expected flights for this month; some 9,000 Jews in Ethiopia are still waiting to come By Melanie Lidman Family members embrace at Ben Gurion Airport as 72 new immigrants from Ethiopia arrive on June 6, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) Surrounded by Israeli flags and dozens…