By Amiram Barkat and Daphna Berman, Haaretz Correspondents: North American immigration to Israel to hit 33-year high in 2007
Talkback
Title:Nice that Americans are moving to Israel
Name:Sherman
City: New YorkState:
However, why is Israel and these philanthropists spending all this money to absorb and settle these people?

Wouldn`t Israel be better off if more money was spent trying to keep Israelis from leaving Israel instead of trying to attract Jews to move there?

If people are truly serious about aliyah, they would move to Israel and prosper without all these benefits.