Since the start of 2024, nearly 2,000 French olim have chosen to settle in Israel, an increase of 100% compared to the same period last year, reported November 20 in a press release. Ministry of Aliyah and Integration.
Two days earlier, a special flight had landed at Ben Gurion Airport with 80 new immigrants from France, in the presence of Minister Ofir Sofer.
This figure “thus illustrates the rise in power of French aliyah and the ministry’s commitment to continuing to support the olim with personalized support,” wrote the ministry.
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Faced with economic fears and budget cuts linked to the current war, the text also wanted to “reassure current and future olim: the integration basket and benefits granted to new immigrants are maintained in their entirety”.
Olim from France and Minister of Aliyah and Integration Ofir Sofer, on their way to Tel Aviv, November 18, 2024. (Credit: Noga Masla / GPO)
“Following intense discussions with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration managed to preserve all the benefits granted to olim, despite the budget cuts imposed on all ministries due to the security situation. These reductions do not affect essential services including the integration basket, which constitute the basis of successful integration,” it is written.
Ofir Sofer thus affirms that in 2025, “the ministry will continue to promote initiatives to strengthen and facilitate their integration. Aliyah is a vital force for the State of Israel, and the many immigrants who choose to come at this time demonstrate their faith in our vision and values.”
Among the initiatives already put in place by his ministry in this regard: personal advisors to facilitate the integration process; a tax reduction for the purchase of housing by olim; a dedicated department to encourage the aliyah of doctors and health professionals, and facilitate their integration; housing assistance of 2,000 shekels for olim who will settle in the Galilee, the Negev or Judea and Samaria; and university programs adapted to the linguistic needs of olim to facilitate their integration into higher education establishments.
Last August, the World Zionist Organization explained that nearly
30,000 people have immigrated to Israel since October 7, 2023, marking a sharp turnaround after immigration figures plummeted in the months following the Hamas pogrom.
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