Immigration to Israel hits 16,244, highest jump in 10 years

Because the one-state solution worked so well in Lebanon didnt it?? Israel is a Jewish state, Muslims have no desire to live with anyone but other muslims and even then they hate one another

16,244. That'd be 0.2% of the total population of Israel. Of course, if emigration was subtracted, I imagine the influx would appear less impressive.

Those who feel that following Israel policy the antisemitism is raising.And also who is demanded by interpol.

Most of the Russian olim are not Jewish. Instead of wasting money bringing them and helping them, use it instead to help young Israelis to stay in Israel. Luckily, most if not all of the American olim are Jewish, usually modern Orthodox.

Instead of, or in addition to, bringing olim, we should concentrate on lowering the Arab (and haredi) birth rate.

No israel, No Palestine. One State Solution is the best for all. One Man, One Vote, Equality for all inhabitants. Equal Pay for Equal Work, Equal Water Rights. No Apartheid, No Segregation...A Very True Secular Democrac Let us call it :?State of Holy Land?.

Olim will expire like all the rest in Jerusalem, when surrounding states and Russia finally create the great alliance. The US will abandon Yisrael. But let Aliyah procede, especially with religious Jews. Afterall, only heaven will save the people in the end.

Many of the "Jews" from the former Soviet Union can be seen worshipping fervently at Orthodox churches. The Russian Orthodox church is the fastest growing rigion in Israel - goodbye Jewish state.

the law of return means that if you have a grandfather jew you can imigratte to israel as jew even if you consider yourself christhiam,muslim or budist.....

What's so great about this? Most of the olim from the former Soviet Union are not even Jewish. Often one elderly Jew will bring his family, most of whom are not Jewish. The younger ones will eventually leave for the US, Canada, Germany, Australia, etc. Only the old Jew will be left in Israel with no one to take care of him/her and he becomes a burden on Social Services, Bituach Leumi, etc. I know many of these cases. Also, the Falash Mura from Ethiopia convert to Judaism only to escape from the poverty and hunger in their home country. Once they get to Israel, they return to practicing Xtianity. South American aliyah also has a lot of non-Jews. The whole story is not so wonderful. By the way, I made aliyah from the US many years ago, and love my life here. I only want Israel to remain a Jewish country and am against bringing non-Jews here.

Whats is the meaning of Law of Entrance and Law of Return in the State of Israel.

The original inhabitants ARE returning. The Jews. The Muslims kicked out, killed, and forced convert the Jews during the Islamic conquests. And why are you calling Israel an "apartheid" state when Palestinians don't want Jews living in Israel? Learn history.

Strange these high numbers happen in the same year that we have a huge downturn in the world economy. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the public aid, free housing, free education that these new immigrants will receive. It must be something else besides folks just losing their jobs and wanting a fresh start with a country that's holding out a wad-full of cash.

THere are few if any Jews in any of the Arab states. So it is in fact that the Arab states are Apartied, xenophobic, backward, colonial, Islamo Facist dictatorships, and Israel should let them in? That isn't peace. Arab responsibility towards their own bretherin is peace. The 22 Arab states should take in Israeli Arabs as Arab and Jew need a divorce like no other people on this planet.

in this alyah how many are jews and how many are not jews?????

Dear Peacelover, The Jews ARE the original inhibitants of the land. The history of the world did not begin in 1948. The Arabs occupied these lands following a bloody military conquest. Time they return the occupied lands to the Jews!

Well there is an "informed" opinion.

What is the % making aliyah from an Orthodox/Hasidic/Haredi background?

Dear Miriam I am slightly curious as to which State you hail from. You say 'mentally stable'. Where is that? As for your CONDITION in which you claim to be mentally stable , is that not best left for others to decide?

of the 16,200, at least 50% are not Jewish (e.g. 70%+ of those coming under the Law of Return from the ex-USSR are not Jews). Even these numbers are up only because the economic situation is bad at home - i.e. push factors is increasing Aliyah, not pull factors. Take into account also that some 50% at least of the Western Olim will leave sometime in the next 5 years, and that we have also had some 6,000 illegal immigrants arriving from Africa through Sinai in the same time - all of these are here to stay. Yerida stats are vague, but a good estimate is between 20 to 30,000 a year.

How many people have left?

Natan Sharansky: "Every oleh who arrives in Israel strengthens it and represents a crucial strategic asset for the country." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364520311&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull What does this mean in detail? Does it go both ways? If only Natan Sharansky would enlarge upon this mantra, reminiscent of the inalienable rights of the US Constitution and in such a way that no one would disagree with the conditional - "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends" - or I would add apathetic or incapable of enabling or empowering the realization of these goals - that it is the right of "the People" to correct this. In this or similar way, new immigrants may also become fuller citizens and participants. Leaving this to some unwritten changing abstract has not worked well enough - or has it? And if so, how and for whom? And is that good enough? Am I off base here? Or is this above my pay scale and right to know.

So, will you go to the USA? If so, you will be dividing your taxes between the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel offers plenty of opportunities for financial advancement, you only need to look. Growth is unprecedently high, tourism is increasing. I find that those critical of job opportunities in Israel alway blame the state for their excuse. As if the state must do everything for them, but as soon as they go elsewhere they seem to be able to take any amount of hardship without blaming their new adopted country. Well I immigrated to Israel 11 years ago from the USA and I'm doing fine financially, thank you very much

Well, lessee here. We'll assume no emigration at all -- which is unlikely. We'll assume eight million Jews outside of Israel -- which is a guess but probably within 20% or so. We'll assume, too, that the rate of immigration in the declining population accelerates so that 16,000 come to Israel each year. Like, when there are only 16,000 left, they ALL come -- not one out of every five hundred of them, like now. Granted all that, God's prophesy should be filled in about five hundred years. I'd join the Jehovah's Witnesses. They usually have a much closer target date.

I was wondering that myself. How many have left? After all, it'd be a sad country that had no immigrants at all. The question is whether more come in than go out.

and more importantly how many of these 'Russians are using Israel as a stopping point on their way to the United States? And how many people emigrated from Israel this year? Sharansky obviously wants a pay rise.

To anyone living in NYC or LA, the sheer number of Israelis living in those place is surprising. Evidently, a lot of people born in Israel are leaving and Israel increasing being populated by newcomers. Kind of reminds me of Canada. So many Canadian move to the US and are replaced by newcomers from poor countries.

I came for the UK like the man in the picture, but I'm secular 40 years ago . He,and many other of the Anglo immigrants are religious. They go and live in the territories. Cause trouble to the local inhabitants, and contribute nothing to the advancement of making Israel a modern multi cultural state. What Israel has always dreamed of since its inception. Is a vast influx of Jews from the English speaking countries, who are mainly secular. The amount of American & Canadian Jews in Israel stands at around 200,000. This out of a N.American population of some 6 million. Can you blame them. Why should they give up their largely comfortable lives. To live in a country that is torn by strife, both internally and externally. By the end of this century about half of those US Jews will have been lost. We must make peace with justice for both sides. Otherwise eventually all the diaspora Jews will be GONE.

You are absolutely right! We are leaving the country in June... Israel doesn't offer any options of financial or professional progress. We are just tired of dividing our taxes between the army and the religious. It is very sad.

you are missing the most important: we are returning Home and this makes sens. Is this something that bothers you? don't sorry for you

Please enlighten us. How does the prophecy ends?

three, but two weren't jewish

If only Israelis were as welcoming of their country's original inhabitants, they could finally live in peace and security. Instead, they prefer to live in an ethnocentric, apartheid state, where Jews from all over the world come to displace the indigenous population.

How many have left this year?

This is great news. Someone's gotta fill that vacant new houses in EJ and the annexed WB.

Remember the bad old days when the communist Soviet Union barred most Jews from emigrating. One of their reasons was that they educated these Jews for free and now that want to leave. But the real reason was that it made communism and the Soviet Union look bad when their citizens chose to leave the "utopia" of socialism. Thank goodness those days are over.

Prophecy is being fulfilled!!! Praise the Lord!!!