TEL AVIV — Fifty members of an Indian community believed to be descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel arrived on Monday in the Jewish state, completing their immigration.

Linking up with family members who have already settled in Israel, they are among the first wave of the 7,200-strong Bnei Menashe community's mass immigration to the Jewish state.

The Indians say they are the descendants of the 10 tribes who lived in the kingdom of Israel in Biblical times and who were dispersed, according to the Bible, after the invasion of the Assyrians in 721 BC.for judicial review of the BIA's final order of removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b). We deny the petition.


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At the hearing and in supporting affidavits, Jalloh testified that he was a student at a university in Freetown, Sierra Leone, living with the wealthy family of his politically prominent deceased uncle, Mohamed Barrie, when rebel forces of the AFRC and RUF overthrew the government of Ahmed Kabbah in May 1997. Jalloh is a member of the Muslim Fullah tribe. In 1996 elections, his family had supported Kabbah, a Muslim member of the Mandingo tribe. The AFRC and RUF rebels were anti-Muslim and jealous of wealthy businessmen such as Barrie.


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Three weeks later, a family friend named "Papa Shaw" telephoned Jalloh in Freetown. Papa Shaw said he had witnessed rebel soldiers