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Source: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=40278
200 Jews Evacuated from South Ossetian Border; 2/3 of Georgian Jews Now in Israel
[Jewish Agency for Israel/IMRA] Michael Jankelowitz - Since the outbreak of hostilities in Georgia, the Jewish Agency for Israel has assisted some 200 Jews living near the town Gori, on the South Ossetian border, to evacuate to Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, where most of the rest of the country's 12,000 Jews reside. Since 1989, 23,287 individuals have immigrated to Israel from Georgia. In 2007 there were 324 new immigrants compared with 260 immigrants in 2006.