WORLD IN BRIEF : ISRAEL : 2 Million Soviets Expected by 1995

Up to 2 million Soviet immigrants could arrive in Israel by the end of 1995 and the government will need hundreds of millions of dollars in extra aid to absorb them, a senior official said in Jerusalem. The projection by Simcha Dinitz, chairman of the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency, would mean an increase of nearly 45% in Israel’s current population of 4.5 million. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir welcomed a planeload of Soviet immigrants, praising the influx as a boost to the strength of Israel. Dinitz’s estimate was the highest yet for the influx of Soviets.