The number of Jewish immigrant settlers to Israel has doubled after the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2022, an official Israeli report has revealed.
"The number of immigrants to Israel in 2022 has reached some 70,000, which is double the number of immigrants hosted last year," the report reads.
The study pointed out that the "majority of the Jewish immigrants were fleeing the escalating war in Ukraine," adding that the immigrants were also "exploiting the Israeli government's efforts to bring home all Jews in warring countries."
Earlier, Israel asked the Ukrainian Jews to
settle in
Israel and cited the Ukraine-Russia war as an opportunity.
"Fifty-four percent of the immigrants this year arrived from Russia, 21 percent arrived from Ukraine, five percent from the United States, and four others from France," the report said.
It pointed out that 22,000 of the Jewish immigrants were "recruited by the Israeli army over the last decade, 15,000 of whom had no families."
Over the last decade, the Israeli army received a total of 6,440 doctors and 22,400 engineers, most of whom came from the former Soviet Union, according to official data.