Israel Races To
Help Ethiopians

Jerusalem (JTA) — The
Israeli Embassy in Addis
Ababa is racing against time
to prepare visas for about
17,000 Ethiopian Jews
waiting to leave the country
for Israel.
Israeli officials believe
President Mengistu Haile
Mariam's regime will soon
topple following his army's
heavy losses in recent weeks
to rebel forces.
The rebels have captured
the town of Ambo, 75 miles
from Addis Ababa, and are
reported closing in on the
capital. They are already
said to control half the coun-
try.
There is no telling how a
rebel victory would affect
the departure of the coun-
try's remaining Jews, or E-
thiopia's relations with
Israel.
Israel's Foreign Ministry
has already called home
most of its embassy staff and
Jewish Agency emissaries.
It has ordered Israeli
citizens whose presence
there is not essential to
leave Ethiopia immediately.
Despite the turmoil, Ethi-
opian aliyah continues at its
normal rate, according to
Jewish Agency sources.
They expect about 250 im-
migrants to arrive in Israel
this week.
The flow of Ethiopian Jews
has been between 500 and
1,000 a month since
January. There was a two-
week interruption in March,
attributed to an attempt by
President Mengistu to
extract more weapons from
Israel, though the Foreign
Ministry and Ethiopian au-
thorities denied the allega-
tion.
The Israeli daily Yediot
Achronot said last week that
Washington was ready to
offer President Mengistu po-
litical asylum in exchange
for speeding up the depar-
ture of all Jews.
The White House an-
nounced April 24 that Presi-
dent Bush was sending Rudy
Boschwitz, a former Repub-
lican senator from Min-
nesota, to Addis Ababa as
his "personal emissary."
Mr. Boschwitz, accom-
panied by three administra-
tion officials, arrived in
Addis Ababa last weekend.
According to the White
House, his mission was to
discuss with President
Mengistu the plight of Ethi-
opian Jews and possible
solutions to the country's
quarter-century-old civil
war.

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