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New immigrants from France arrive at Ben Gurion Airport on June 25, 2025 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 3:17 pm
Israel eases licensing barriers for new immigrant psychologists
Move follows similar efforts to smooth the path for practitioners of other regulated professions, comes amid a manpower shortage in health sector
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: People standing in line to go through passport control at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 31, 2025, 4:46 pm
More than 69,000 Israelis left Israel in 2025, as population reached 10.18 million
According to government, the population grew just 1.1% in the shadow of war, an unusually low rate, as the country saw a net negative migration of 20,000 people
By Zev Stub
New immigrants arrive in Israel after a Nefesh B'Nefesh charter flight, August 20, 2025. (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
December 29, 2025, 1:44 pm
2025 saw sharp drop in immigration to Israel even as arrivals from Western nations surged
Total aliyah fell by a third as Russian immigration halved; French immigration rose 45% while immigration from North America jumped 12% amid skyrocketing antisemitism
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: People standing in line to go through passport control at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 20, 2025, 4:51 pm
Hidden cost of war: 125,000 Israelis emigrated between 2022 and 2024
Knesset report shows a ‘tsunami’ of Israelis leaving the country with no plans to return, possibly linked to Gaza war
By Zev Stub
Rescue and security forces at the scene where 13-year-old Milena Bobkova's jumped to her death from the roof of a building in Rishon Lezion, August 3, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
September 8, 2025, 9:35 pm
Knesset committee urges government to do more for mental health of immigrant kids
Last month’s suicide of a 13-year-old Russian immigrant girl highlights the need for greater cooperation between ministries
By Zev Stub
Rabbi Yehoshua Fass (center), co-founder and executive director of Nefesh B’Nefesh, and Tony Gelbart (rear left), co-founder and chairman of Nefesh B’Nefesh, together with the children arriving on the Charter flight (Shahar Azran)
August 21, 2025, 6:03 am
Aboard first aliyah flight since Oct. 7, immigrants say war strengthened their resolve
Record number of new citizens expected in August as over 200 arrive on a Nefesh B’Nefesh flight; conflict ‘pushed us to clarify our plans and make it a reality,’ one couple explains
By Zev Stub
New Jewish immigrants from Spain, England, France and the Netherlands disembark from an airplane a day after the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, as they arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, June 25, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
August 10, 2025, 11:09 pm
New plan seeks to attract talented and wealthy Jews to immigrate to Israel
Workers with skills needed by Israeli companies may be eligible for new incentives and grants under a government initiative
By Zev Stub
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Tel Aviv, June 22, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 2, 2025, 5:13 pm
2,000 new immigrants among 10,000 Israelis still displaced after war, MK says
Warning messages were translated, visas were extended, and immigration flights have resumed, officials tell a Knesset committee meeting on immigrant assistance during the Iran war
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: New immigrants from Ethiopia arrive at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, June 1, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 25, 2024, 11:41 am
Absorption Ministry to slash rental assistance for new immigrants
Aid shrinks by nearly half to NIS 8,712 over two years, with additional monthly stipends for those moving to ‘national priority’ areas; Elkin: Ministry ‘pickpocketing’ new arrivals
By ToI Staff
Young immigrants learn hebrew at an ulpan, February 9, 2011. (Sophie Gordon)
March 19, 2024, 7:42 pm
MKs protest halt to government vouchers for immigrants’ Hebrew-language classes
Private ulpans and new immigrants scramble to cope after coalition, without warning, cuts off funding for lessons
By Sam Sokol
Ethiopian Jews scuffle with police during a protest urging the government to bring their family members to Israel due to fighting in Ethiopia, near the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2023, 5:29 am
Israel to review Ethiopia immigration policy amid increased fighting in country
Minister appoints former top army officer to oversee process and present his conclusions, having previously reportedly ruled out further rescue mission to Gondar
By ToI Staff
Ethiopian Jews scuffle with police during a protest urging the government to bring their family members to Israel due to fighting in Ethiopia, near the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 15, 2023, 11:00 am
Israel not planning further evacuations from Ethiopia amid fighting, says minister
Ofir Sofer reportedly tells activists there’s unlikely to be a repeat of last week’s extraction of 204 Israelis and Ethiopians eligible for citizenship
By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff
Then-Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, center, in blue coat, welcomes new immigrants from Ukraine at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, in an undated photo distributed by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry on July 6, 2022. (Courtesy: Naga Malasa)
April 21, 2023, 11:00 pm
Israel ends expedited immigration track for Russians and Belarusians fleeing war
Immigration Ministry will maintain fast-tracked program for Ukrainians and special cases, but says it wants to focus on absorbing the massive wave of people who arrived last year
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Immigrants fleeing from war zones in the Ukraine arrive at the Israeli immigration and absorption office, at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
March 8, 2023, 7:26 pm
Interior Ministry proposes law to restrict passports for new immigrants
Legislation would only allow new arrivals to receive documentation after residing in Israel for 1 year; ministry says some exploit benefits without settling down
By ToI Staff
The Knesset's Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs Committee holds a hearing on Hebrew teacher shortages on January 18, 2023. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)
January 18, 2023, 7:13 pm
MKs demand solutions to Hebrew teacher shortage that is vexing new immigrants
Low pay blamed for months-long backlog for new arrivals seeking placement in language classes; fuming panel head knocks plan to offer vouchers for private lessons
By Judah Ari Gross
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