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.

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Israel 'going up' with promising Aliyah numbers

Immigrants arrived to make their homes in Israel during the pandemic as they have during wars and other troubled times. It is an acknowledgment that life goes on.

New olim from North America with Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh and Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata.

Gantz supports legislation preventing foreclosure of payments to soldiers

This legislation is primarily directed towards soldiers that made Aliyah, or lone soldiers, and it will provide protection for special payments provided by government ministries to said individuals.

Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue and White political party

Gantz hosts veteran lone soldiers at his Sukkah in special event

Defense Minister Benny Gantz hosted an event at his sukkah honoring the 30th anniversary of Garin Tzabar, the program that accompanies lone soldiers who decide to make aliyah and serve in the IDF.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz poses with a member of Garin Tzabar at a Sukkot event on September 23, 2021.

Gov't approves NIS 156 million budget for Ethiopian-Israeli integration

Aliyah and Integration Minister Tamano-Shata also hopes to bring 3,000 of those remaining in Ethiopia to Israel by the end of 2022, as part of the “Rock of Israel” operation she initiated last year.

New Ethiopian immigrants are seen at Ben-Gurion Airport on one of the first aliyah flights of the new year, on January 1, 2021.

100 new olim celebrate aliyah in Rosh Hashana event

Minister of Aliyah and absorption, Pnina Tamano-Shata, was in attendance, as well as the President and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship).

 Rosh Hashana event celebrates aliyah

Bennett surrendered to Biden on Iran, says opposition

"Bennett collapsed when he should have said 'Mr. President, I respect your view, but we don't need permission to defend ourselves.'"

US President Joe Biden and Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett chat during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US

Tzofim Garin Tzabar celebrates 30th anniversary

The program was founded in 1991 by the Israeli Scouts, and some 6,000 new immigrants have participated so far.

From right: Tzofim CEO Raz Perel, Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, International Tzofim Tzabar CEO Elad Sandrovitch and Tzofim Secretary General Klay Cohen

Ministers working to expand criteria for entry of foreign relatives

Aliyah and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano Shata and Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai acknowledge difficulties

Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata and Chairman of the World Zionist Organization and the Acting Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency Yaakov Hagoel greeting the French olim as they depart the airplane in Israel.

Pnina Tamano-Shata: Keeping aliyah to Israel going amid COVID-19

IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS: Pnina Tamano-Shata talks immigration, politics, and message of a black woman in government.

Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata and Chairman of the World Zionist Organization and the Acting Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency Yaakov Hagoel greeting the French olim as they depart the airplane in Israel.

NIS 150 million secured for Aliyah and absorption budget

Aliyah Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata says the budget will enable the immigration of 3,000 Ethiopian immigrants from the Falash Mura community by the end of 2022.

Members of the Falash Mura community from Ethiopia land in Israel as part of the second flight of the Rock of Israel operation.