Aliyah hits 5-year high

Posted on: Sunday, September 28th, 2014

24,800 new immigrants arrived in Israel in the Jewish year 5774, a 28% increase compared to the 19,350 immigrants who arrived in Israel in 5773 and the highest number of the past five years. For the first time in history, more immigrants arrived from France (nearly 6,000) than from any other country.