JERUSALEM (JTA) — A plane carrying 240 Ukrainian immigrants landed in Israel.
The flight that landed on Monday was chartered by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
The group of immigrants is made up of 62 families, including 60 children and adolescents and 10 immigrants above the age 70, as well as 14 cats and dogs. The new immigrants plan to settle in 26 different cities and towns across Israel, including Bat Yam, Katzrin, Haifa, Netanya, Eilat and Rishon L’Zion, according to the Fellowship.
In 2014, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews launched an independent project to facilitate immigration to …read more
Source: JTA
