“The new immigrants are a huge contribution to Israel and are a strengthening of national, social and economic resilience.”

Despite a year of challenging COVID travel restrictions, 42,675 new olim have made Israel their home since last Independence Day. The numbers, released by the Jewish Agency on Sunday, shatter a 20-year record. “Tens of thousands of new immigrants have immigrated in the last year at all ages and from almost every country around the world. New immigrants who will contribute to the diversity and cultural richness of Israeli society,” said Minister of Immigration and Absorption Pnina Tamano-Shata. “The new immigrants are a huge contribution to Israel and are a strengthening of national, social, and economic resilience,” she said.

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