Thousands Of Ukrainians Inquire About Moving To Israel, Jewish Agency Says

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JERUSALEM — Around 2,500 Ukrainian Jews have asked to immigrate to Israel and take citizenship since the onset of Russia’s invasion, a quasi-governmental organization says.

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The Jewish Agency for Israel, which handles immigration matters, said that it has received over 5,000 inquiries about immigration to Israel. Around half have requested to immigrate immediately, the agency said.

Ukraine is home to a Jewish community of around 43,000. But approximately 200,000 Ukrainians are eligible for immigration under Israel’s Law of Return, which extends the right to citizenship to anyone with one Jewish grandparent.

Israel’s Immigration and Absorption Ministry said it was making preparations for taking in around 10,000 new immigrants from Ukraine in the coming weeks, including providing housing and financial aid.

A total of around 3,100 Ukrainians immigrated to Israel in 2021, and a comparable number the year prior.


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Anonymous
2 years ago

The Jews there would be better off going to Russia, where Putin supports Torah rather than being shmaded by the Zionists in their Zionist police-state.

Regardless, in addition to the halachic Jews that are there, there are plenty of gentiles. But since the anti-Jewish Zionists long ago decided, like Hitler, that one Jewish grandparent deems one a “Jew” in the eyes of the Zionists, the Zionists will bring in more gentiles, as “Jews”, into the Zionist State.

This accomplishes two things for the Zionists: more fodder for their shmad army and more people to call “Jewish” versus the Muslim and other Arabs in the Zionist State.