Pnina Tamano-Shata

Lawmakers raise alarm over police treatment of Ethiopian community

During the session, Blue and White faction chair MK Pnina Tamano-Shata described the harassment and discrimination experienced by young members of the community at the hands of police officers.

 MK Pnina Tamano-Shata speaks during a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, December 29, 2025.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks at an Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem. November 3, 2025.

Ben-Gvir instructs police to skip Knesset committee meeting on missing girl Haymanut Kassau

Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau.

Nearly two year after disappearance: Police arrest suspect linked to missing girl Haymanut Kasau

MKs Pnina Tameno-Shete and Sharren Haskel.

Not someday: Israel is ready for a new woman prime minister now - opinion


First three flights of Ukrainian olim to arrive Sunday

Two immigrant flights will depart from Warsaw, Poland and from Chisinau, Moldova, and another flight of about a hundred orphans from a Chabad-run orphanage will depart from Iasi in Romania.

 Refugees brave the cold in a frozen field after they fled from Ukraine because of the Russian invasion at the border checkpoint in Medyka, Poland, March 1, 2022.

Lviv: 400 new applicants for Aliyah in one day

In Lviv, about 400 applied, compared to 60 up until this morning, and through the system of public inquiries, there are dozens of inquiries, most of which are from Israelis.

  Churpin family making Aliyah from Ukraine 2

Gantz announces bill to prevent seizure of grants to immigrant soldiers

At present, only direct salaries are exempted from being seized by the Israeli government under cases of misconduct, meaning grants can be confiscated.

 Defense Minister Benny Gantz.

Ethiopian-born minister hints at racism in Israel's Omicron Africa ban

Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata (Blue and White) asks why travel was permitted to "white countries."

PNINA TAMANO-SHATA: We are the generation that merited to be the one that returned to Zion, and we need to encourage aliyah because this is the home of all Jews.

Cabinet unanimously approves further immigration from Ethiopia

3,000 immigrants to be allowed in to Israel under new resolution, entry of further eligible immigration candidates will need new govt resolution to appropriate funds.

 Ethiopian-Israelis protest outside government buildings in Jerusalem, demanding that their relatives be rescues and brought to the country, on November 14, 2021.

Jerusalem: Ethiopian-Israelis protest outside gov't ministries

With the Ethiopian civil war becoming more perilous, concerns have increased for the communities of Ethiopian Jews and descendants of Jews who remain in the country.

 Ethiopian-Israelis protest outside government buildings in Jerusalem, demanding that their relatives be rescues and brought to the country, on November 14, 2021.

Ministers decide to expedite immigration of 5,000 Ethiopian Jews

Interior Minister Shaked and Aliyah and Integration Minister Tamano-Shata are drawing up plans to bring those eligible from community of Jewish descendants in Ethiopia to Israel in coming weeks.

Ethiopians, who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region, carry their belongings after crossing the Setit River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in the eastern Kassala state, Sudan December 16, 2020.

Rescue of remaining Ethiopian Jews may lead to coalition crisis - report

The debate about the remaining Ethiopian Jews: Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata is insisting that Israel launch a rescue operation, despite an NSI document that said the opposite.

PNINA TAMANO-SHATA: We are the generation that merited to be the one that returned to Zion, and we need to encourage aliyah because this is the home of all Jews.

Foreign Ministry evacuates Israeli diplomats' families from Ethiopia

On Thursday, the Foreign Ministry issued on Thursday a travel warning to Ethiopia, due to the state of emergency in the country.

 A burned tank stands near the town of Adwa, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 18, 2021

Aliyah minister backs Yankelevich over Stern for Jewish Agency chair

Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata's comments come after Elazar Stern, until now the leading candidate, revealed he would shred anonymous sexual harassment complaints in the IDF.

 View of the Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem,