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Last year, 4,200 Israelis abroad came back to Israel, most from U.S.
By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaertz Service

In 2005, a total of 4,200 Israelis living abroad returned to Israel Absorption Ministry figures show.

Most of those who returned were living in the United States, Israel Radio said.

The ministry is launching a marketing campaign in North America to encourage Israelis living abroad to return to Israel.
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The NIS 1.5 million campaign, which will include broadcasts on the "Israeli Network" satellite and Internet channel, among other outlets, will focus on publicizing employment opportunities in Israel for returning residents.

According to a 2005 survey by the ministry, 64 percent of Israelis living abroad ranked employment as the critical factor in their decision on returning to Israel, followed by their children's education and housing options.

Ministry figures show that about 600,000 Israelis have left the country to live abroad. About 60 percent of them live in the U.S. and Canada, 25 percent in Europe and 15 percent in other locales.
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  1.   Lies, damn lies and statistics 09:44  |  Alex 26/09/06
  2.   Investment in the Future 10:16  |  Itamar 26/09/06
  3.   Israelis abroad 10:32  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/09/06
  4.   Reply to #1 Alex 10:56  |  Natan 26/09/06
  5.   natan #4 wishful thinking 11:23  |  alan 26/09/06
  6.   ALEX your vehemence is interesting 11:27  |  PETER SM 26/09/06
  7.   you mean they`re going to lie about employment possibilities? 11:35  |  Tanner 26/09/06
  8.   To Natan the wonderfulist 11:37  |  Mark 26/09/06
  9.   Alan # 5 11:53  |  ChanahS 26/09/06
  10.   where are the jobs if not in Israel? 12:41  |  moshe 26/09/06
  11.   To Alex 12:52  |  Aryeh 26/09/06
  12.   Natan replies to Alan No. 5 12:57  |  Natan 26/09/06
  13.   Israelis in the US? 13:28  |  Gali 26/09/06
  14.   4500 13:45  |  Nora 26/09/06
  15.   To Margie in Tel Aviv 14:31  |  Jeroen 26/09/06
  16.   Since 9/11, very difficult to get a US visa 15:14  |  ace 26/09/06
  17.   Israeli living in US 15:46  |  Alexander 26/09/06
  18.   I`m one of Jeori`s Losers 15:50  |  Eli 26/09/06
  19.   There are brains, and there are brains 16:12  |  Nahum Litwin 26/09/06
  20.   To Eli 16:41  |  Jeroen 26/09/06
  21.   Yordim 16:54  |  Mordechai 26/09/06
  22.   To Jeroen 16:57  |  Eli 26/09/06
  23.   Alan your right 16:57  |  Jake 26/09/06
  24.   to Gali 17:22  |  the pope 26/09/06
  25.   Israel is a small country 17:28  |  Jake 26/09/06
  26.   #1 -- Alex -- what are your sources? 17:36  |  Pat 26/09/06
  27.   Gali -- re learning to work in a bank 17:43  |  Pat 26/09/06
  28.   Just American aliya is aliya? 17:53  |  Eduardo 26/09/06
  29.   chanah s 18:02  |  alan 26/09/06
  30.   JAKE 18:17  |  ALAN 26/09/06
  31.   Israel in the bible 19:03  |  sandy 26/09/06
  32.   Ha`Aretz what could possibly have been wrong 21:07  |  Ari ben Yisrael 26/09/06
  33.   So BIG deal you print #32 but NOT the original 22:00  |  Ari ben Yisrael 26/09/06
  34.   bulok: 11:29  |  moshe 10/12/07
  35.   I don`t understand you guys 04:02  |  Lidia 06/05/08
  36.   to Lidia #35 00:49  |  Haim 06/08/08
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