Immigration minister calls for French Jews to move to Israel after Macron recognition of Palestine

By Zev Stub

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25 July 2025, 12:23 pm

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Zev Stub is the Times of Israel's Diaspora Affairs correspondent.

Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer speaks during a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, January 5, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Following French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement that Paris plans to formally recognize a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September, Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer calls for French Jews to move to Israel.

“The State of Israel welcomes the many immigrants from France who have chosen to return to their true home here in Israel since October 7, despite the war,” Sofer writes on X. “We are preparing with a variety of new and unique programs to expand absorption.”

“French Jews, this is your home – the State of Israel,” Sofer concludes.