Europäische Union

[Nightwatch]

Anti-Semitism drives record-high Western European immigration to Israel

The Jewish Agency, which works closely with the Israeli government and acts as a link for Jews around the world, reported that 9,880 Western European Jews immigrated to Israel in 2015 — the highest annual number ever.

The vast majority, close to 8,000, came from France where a rise in anti-Semitic attacks has shattered the sense of security of the world’s third-largest Jewish population.

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-semitism-drives-record-high-western-european-immigration-to-israel/">http://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-semit ... to-israel/</a><!-- m -->