WORLD : Israel Immigrants Hit 100,000
Israel, welcoming a flood of Soviet Jews that has provoked Arab alarm, celebrated the arrival today of its 100,000th immigrant this year.
Despite fierce Arab protests and shortages of jobs and housing, Israel expects that 1 million Soviet Jews will arrive in 10 years under Kremlin emigration reforms, boosting its population by more than 20%.
“For the state of Israel this is an impressive achievement and a great joy for all the Israeli people,” Rabbi Yitzhak Peretz, the immigration minister, told reporters before the arrival of a flight from Poland at Tel Aviv airport.
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