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💙🤍💙🤍 כמה טוב שבאתם הביתה!!!
How good is it that you’ve come home?? 💙🤍💙🤍

This is a beautiful story from Support Israel - Keren Hayesod UIA in partnership with The Jewish Agency for Israel and Hanoar Hatzioni about 230 Mexican Olim, Masa participants and Israeli nationals who came on one of its kind chartered flight home to Israel.

Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel יצחק (בוז'י) הרצוג - Isaac Herzog wrote:

It was very exciting to welcome today at Ben “Gurion Airport about 200 Jews who landed in Israel after a special flight from Mexico. Some are new immigrants and some came to volunteer in Israel as part of the Masa project for young Jews.

The flight was organized by The Jewish Agency together with Hanoar Hatzioni youth movement, with the support of Keren Hayesod. This is yet another example of the start of a growing wave of Aliyah. We stand by our estimate of the expected 250,000 new immigrants over the next five years -- provided that the Government of Israel takes the necessary steps immediately to prepare for this wave. Many of the future immigrants are young people, academics, entrepreneurs and professionals. This is a diverse Aliyah from all over the world, which can also spur economic development and job creation. Experience shows that immigration brings economic growth.

After landing today, the new immigrants from Mexico will begin the required two-week quarantine, operating in compliance with Israel’s Ministry of Health guidelines and other coronavirus regulations. At the end of their quarantine, the Olim will be integrated into local communities and absorption centers throughout the country. The members of Hanoar Hatzioni will begin Masa’s Israel Challenge and Shnat Hachshara programs, during which they will volunteer on kibbutzim and for Magen David Adom, among other sites and organizations.
Mexico is home to the third-largest Jewish community in Central America (after Argentina and Brazil) with approximately 50,000 Jews, most of whom live in the country’s capital of Mexico City. The Mexican Jewish community is highly organized, maintains close ties with the State of Israel and has an extensive education system featuring Jewish day schools and Zionist youth movements. Yet since the outbreak of coronavirus, many of Mexico’s synagogues and other Jewish institutions have closed, while schools and youth movements have moved to virtual operations.

The Jewish Agency works closely with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and, of course, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior, to prepare and integrate the new immigrants. But it is important to clarify: the State of Israel, including all its offices, must take advantage of this golden opportunity for mass Aliyah we’re expecting from around the world. I call on the Government of Israel to meet with The Jewish Agency and other bodies dealing with Aliyah to formulate a national Aliyah plan so that we don’t miss this historic opportunity.

Welcome! The people of Israel welcome you and wish you every success in your new home!”

To read more about this beautiful homecoming story, please check out the post on our friends at United Israel Appeal Australia page!

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