INTERESTING!
Wonder if Kris Columbus knew about them? Anyway...

dw--
Israel is set to airlift around 250 members of the B'nei Menashe community from India to Tell Aviv under "Operation Wings of Dawn", marking the latest phase of a broader effort to relocate thousands who identify as descendants of one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, according to a report by the New York Times.
The B'nei Menashe, largely based in the northeastern States of Manipur and Mizoram, believe they are descendants of the biblical tribe of Manasseh, which, according to tradition was exiled more than 2.800 years ago...
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Well, lets hope they're treated better than the Ethiopian Jews!
Let's hope they're treated was well as the white Afrikaners with no ties to Judaism, yet travel to Israel and given citizenship as soon as they convert to Orthodox Judaism.
Time will tell....

Btw, there are still Ethiopian Jews in Ethiopia Netanyahu is refusing entry to!