Jews begin moving to Israel after Tunisia uprising
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Jews begin moving to Israel after Tunisia uprising
The Associated Press
Wednesday, January 19, 2011; 7:42 AM
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli official says 10 Tunisian Jews have moved to Israel because of the instability in their home country.
The Jewish Agency, a quasi-governmental body that handles immigration, said Wednesday that the Tunisians arrived in Israel on Tuesday and had requested citizenship.
Last week, a popular uprising ousted Tunisia's president after 23 years in power.
There has long been a slow trickle of Jewish immigration from Tunisia to Israel. Jewish Agency spokesman Michael Jankelowitz said just 16 Tunisians immigrated in all of 2010.
Most Jews left Tunisia between the 1940s and the 1960s, fleeing a wave of violence and persecution that followed Israel's founding. There are around 1,500 left.
Jews begin moving to Israel after Tunisia uprising
The Associated Press
Wednesday, January 19, 2011; 7:42 AM
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli official says 10 Tunisian Jews have moved to Israel because of the instability in their home country.
The Jewish Agency, a quasi-governmental body that handles immigration, said Wednesday that the Tunisians arrived in Israel on Tuesday and had requested citizenship.
Last week, a popular uprising ousted Tunisia's president after 23 years in power.
There has long been a slow trickle of Jewish immigration from Tunisia to Israel. Jewish Agency spokesman Michael Jankelowitz said just 16 Tunisians immigrated in all of 2010.
Most Jews left Tunisia between the 1940s and the 1960s, fleeing a wave of violence and persecution that followed Israel's founding. There are around 1,500 left.
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