I know that you consider yourself to be the expert on all matters involving Israel….but in this case you are dead wrong.
Of the 9.8 million Israeli Jews,… 1. 45% are Mizrahi (Sephardim)…from Israel and the ME. 2. 32% are Ashkenazi, from Europe, USA, etc 3. 3% are from Ethiopia 4. 12% are from Soviet countries…since 1989. Source: Wikipedia …”Israel Demographics”.