The remaining members of the Ethiopian Jewish community will be brought to Israel by 2014.
Although more than 120,000 Ethiopian Jews now live in Israel, there are still an estimated 2,200 Jews in the African country.
The government announced on Sunday that it planned to bring that number to Israel in the next two years, as well as to open a £2.8 million absorption centre outside Sderot to help the new arrivals. The centre will be partially funded by the Jewish Agency.
The plan, which was approved by the cabinet, will help a community, many of whom have been waiting in refugee camps for up to a decade. Many have relatives in Israel and the news will be welcomed by those in the Jewish state hoping to reunite their families.
