As published in this evening’s news here 11 Israel is preparing for tens of thousands of new immigrants as part of the distribution of conscription orders in Russia. Immigration and Absorption Minister Panina Tamno Sheta and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman are trying today (Thursday) to find a budgetary source, for the formation of an immediate assistance basket for the new immigrants. In the background, the mass flight from Russia following Putin’s announcement.
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The Director General of the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption and other factors including the Ministry of Finance, Foreign Affairs and the organizations in charge of absorption will gather for a discussion. Sources in Israel estimate that a massive wave of immigration is expected, despite the fact that the current government is a transitional government with budgetary limitations.
Yesterday, Lapid spoke with the CEO of El Al Airlines, apparently with the aim of carrying out transfer flights of new immigrants in a controlled and regulated manner, so that they can be received correctly and, of course, undergo eligibility checks for the Law of Return. A record figure for the last two decades.
Since the beginning of the war, 24 thousand people immigrated from Russia to Israel, but with the expected wave of immigration there will be difficulties in leaving the country. Men between the ages of 18 and 65 have been banned from going out and many of the citizens are demonstrating in the streets to protest the conscription. The force that Russia is expected to mobilize will be twice as large since it was present at the border on the day of the invasion, and will consist, according to Putin, of reserve forces and civilians who have undergone basic military training.
After Putin announced the recruitment of hundreds of thousands of people into the army for the war against Ukraine, all future flight tickets from Moscow to all destinations were sold. These are one-way tickets that reach amounts of thousands of dollars. In the SkyScanner search engine, which locates flights from all destinations in the world, they reported that there are no tickets to leave the city at any price.
Exiled Moscow rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt said in an interview with Tamar Almog on the half-day show on the Kan Network B: “The situation will only get worse, I recommend to everyone who can get out – to get out.” According to him, life in Moscow was normal until Putin announced partial conscription. “40,000 people entitled to the Law of Return are waiting in line at the Moscow embassy,” added Goldschmidt.