Sa’ar says the ‘time has come’ for Jews around the world to move to Israel

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at a Hanukkah event in Rishon Lezion on December 21, 2025. (Ra’anan Cohen via Foreign Ministry)
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at a Hanukkah event in Rishon Lezion on December 21, 2025. (Ra’anan Cohen via Foreign Ministry)

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar calls on Jews around the world to move to Israel in the shadow of antisemitic attacks around the world.

“Jews have the right to live in safety everywhere. But we see and fully understand what is happening, and we have a certain historical experience,” Sa’ar says at a Hanukkah candlelighting ceremony in Rishon Lezion. “Today, Jews are being hunted across the world. Today I call on Jews in England, Jews in France, Jews in Australia, Jews in Canada, Jews in Belgium: come to the Land of Israel! Come home!”

Sa’ar says that Israelis “are waiting for you here with open arms. With love. In the true home of the Jewish people. Why raise your children in this atmosphere? Come with your families to the land of our forefathers, to the State of Israel, where the Jews taught the entire world what Jewish self-defense means. The time has come.”

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