Some 27,281 new immigrants have moved to Israel since Passover 2024, the Aliyah and Absorption Ministry says. That’s 27% less than the 37,328 that arrived during the same period a year earlier.
As usual, the majority — 15,188, or 56 percent of the total — arrived from Russia. Another 3,209 came from the United States, 2,265 from France and 878 from Ukraine.
Since the beginning of 2025, 4,849 new olim have been registered, the ministry notes.
Immigration to Israel has been on the decline since Hamas launched its war against Israel on October 7, 2023. After registering 46,590 new immigrants in 2023, aliyah declined by 30% in 2024 to 32,161, despite rising antisemitism worldwide, the Aliyah and Absorption Ministry says.
New immigrants from the past year include 212 aged 85 or older, and 5,700 children under the age of 18, the ministry notes.
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