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Making Aliyah: Over 19,000 New Immigrants Move to Israel in 2010
(Ynet News) Yael Branovsky - 2010 witnessed a 16% rise in the number of people that made aliyah to Israel, with the Jewish Agency reporting that the number would reach 19,130 by the end of the year. This is the second year in a row in which there is a rise, compared with 16,465 in 2009 and 15,452 in 2008. 7,300 came from the former Soviet republics, compared with 6,820 in 2009, with more than 1,000 coming from Moscow. 3,980 arrived from the U.S. and Canada, and 1,470 from Latin America. Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said that "the figures are encouraging, particularly in light of the war of delegitimization being waged against Israel all over the world. Many of the new immigrants are young, from free countries who feel that they belong in Israel and choose to build their future and their children's futures here."