More than 200 French Jewish immigrants arrived in Israel yesterday aboard a special flight arranged by the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, according to the Jewish Agency for Israel.
In a press statement obtained by the Anadolu Agency, the agency, which encourages Jews to immigrate to Israel, noted that half of the migrants were children.
More than 20,000 French Jews, mostly families, immigrated to Israel during the past five years. Some 7,500 of them arrived in 2014 and 4,260 in 2015, he explained.
The agency said that the coastal city of Netanya, north of Israel, is the first destination for French Jewish …read more
Source: Middle East Monitor
