Posted on 08/11/22
| News Source: i24
Nearly 10% of Jewish Americans who immigrated to Israel in 2021 moved to a West Bank settlement
More Jews moved from the United States to West Bank settlements in 2021 than in any other year in the past decade, according to data compiled by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
The figures showed that 333 US Jews who made aliyah — Jewish immigration to Israel – last year found new homes in the Palestinian territory, a 73 percent increase from the year prior.
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It should be mentioned, though, that aliyah in 2020 was significantly limited due to Covid. However, compared to 2019, last year’s numbers were up by 57 percent.
Nearly 10 percent of Jewish Americans who immigrated to Israel in 2021 moved to a settlement, the highest share since 2015.
Among new immigrants, Americans show the greatest preference for living in the West Bank. Russians and Ukrainians account for the majority of Israel’s immigrants, but less than two percent of them live in the West Bank.
Most US Jews who made aliyah in recent decades are also Orthodox Jewish, usually aligning themselves with the settler movement.