Approximately 215 new immigrants from the United States and Canada landed in Israel this morning (Wednesday), a quarter of whom are young men and women expected to enlist in the IDF as lone soldiers. Minister of Aliyah and Integration, Ofir Sofer, said, "I wish the many immigrants great success and a smooth and optimal absorption in the country."
It should be noted that this is the 64th flight organized by immigration agencies, during which over 75,000 new immigrants have been brought to the country over the years. The passengers of this morning's flight are joining around 1,300 additional Jews from North America who have immigrated to Israel since the beginning of the year from various states in the USA and provinces in Canada - including New York, New Jersey, California, Texas, Ohio, Massachusetts, Ontario, Minnesota, Illinois, and more.
Good news for immigrants: the admission procedure will be carried out on the plane
According to the data, it is found that the central cities where the new immigrants chose to settle are Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Ra'anana, Beit Shemesh, Haifa, Afula, Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, and others. Additionally, the leading employment professions among the fresh immigrants are medicine, education, engineering, accounting management, social work, occupational therapy, and more.
For the first time, the new immigrants underwent the absorption process during the flight itself. Various immigration bodies explain that "following a successful pilot last summer, this year it was decided to carry out the full absorption process for all immigrants on the flight. Within this process, the immigrants completed all relevant forms, and their immigrant certificates were already given to them on the plane, which will save them a considerable amount of time otherwise spent on scheduling specific appointments and physically collecting the documents in the days after their arrival to the country."
