Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog expects that up to 100,000 people may leave their home countries for Israel, or make aliyah (literally "ascent"), once the current global health emergency is under control, Makor Rishon reported on Sunday.
Herzog called for the government and aliyah-oriented groups to prepare for "a major wave of immigration to Israel when the corona crisis ends, as happened in the past after many crises in Jewish communities around the world since the establishment of the state."
The Agency's hopes are based on the number of inquiries they have received recently regarding the possibility of immigrating. The first group consists of 60,000 citizens who left the country years ago and have expressed an interest in returning as soon as possible.
The rest are people who have asked about making Israel their home for the first time, with the expectation that the 2020 figure would beat the decade-high number of 35,000 who immigrated in 2019.
Last month in the UK, for example, 500 people inquired about aliyah when the annual number of British immigrants is usually around 700. And in France, said Makor Rishon, some 1,000 families are currently preparing to come to Israel.
Israel's well-publicized relative success in battling the pandemic is one reason for the high-level interest, said Herzog.
https://worldisraelnews.com/jewish-agency-estimates-global-crisis-will-spark-mass-return-floats-100000-number/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notification&utm_campaign=vwo_notification_1587881439&vwo_powered=1
This is good and bad. Most of those who will make aliyah are from rich countries, they are professionals and they have the resources to support themselves. On the other hand, this will make Israel's housing shortage much worse.
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Herzog called for the government and aliyah-oriented groups to prepare for "a major wave of immigration to Israel when the corona crisis ends, as happened in the past after many crises in Jewish communities around the world since the establishment of the state."
The Agency's hopes are based on the number of inquiries they have received recently regarding the possibility of immigrating. The first group consists of 60,000 citizens who left the country years ago and have expressed an interest in returning as soon as possible.
The rest are people who have asked about making Israel their home for the first time, with the expectation that the 2020 figure would beat the decade-high number of 35,000 who immigrated in 2019.
Last month in the UK, for example, 500 people inquired about aliyah when the annual number of British immigrants is usually around 700. And in France, said Makor Rishon, some 1,000 families are currently preparing to come to Israel.
Israel's well-publicized relative success in battling the pandemic is one reason for the high-level interest, said Herzog.
https://worldisraelnews.com/jewish-agency-estimates-global-crisis-will-spark-mass-return-floats-100000-number/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notification&utm_campaign=vwo_notification_1587881439&vwo_powered=1
This is good and bad. Most of those who will make aliyah are from rich countries, they are professionals and they have the resources to support themselves. On the other hand, this will make Israel's housing shortage much worse.
Israel has a plan to get back to get back to a functioning nation again. That is a big draw.
Good info Gain.
Makes sense. If Israel builds lots of homes its a win / win for it
Can Israel absorb so many immigrants so quickly, especially now.
Immigration to Canada will be down this year. ac_dance
If any people have the smarts and will to make things work out, it's Israelis
Us jews :sneaky2: know how to do things
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Us jews :sneaky2: know how to do things
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Us jews :sneaky2: know how to do things
Your people have this COVID shit figured out.