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Immigration to Israel

By immigrationprof

Immigration to Israel fell to its lowest in 18 years in 2006, new figures show.

Israeli officials attributed this to a drop in the number of Jews arriving from former Soviet states, although immigration from North America also edged higher, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.

Some 21,000 Jews made “aliya”, the Hebrew word for immigrating to Israel, according to the Jewish Agency, which promotes immigration to Israel.

The 2006 figure was the lowest since 13,000 in 1988. A total of 22,657 people moved to Israel in 2005. Click here.

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