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Ai rport Shuttered, Israel

Halts Aliyah for First

Time in Its History

Written By Deborah
Secular for the
workers’ newspaper,
Davar

https://en.davar1.co.il/

For the first time in
its history, Israel
abruptly halted
aliyah, or Jewish The empty arrival hall at the Ben Gurion
immigration to Israel,
last week as part of a national lockdown to curb the
spread of coronavirus.

The news threw a wrench into immigration plans
that were months or years in the making for Jews
around the world. Some are merely hanging in an
anxious limbo, but for others, the wait time may
prove dangerous. In Ethiopia, Jews whose
immigration had already been repeatedly delayed
are dealing with the outbreak of civil war in their
country. A group of Jews from Ukraine had already
sold their homes and belongings when the airport
closure derailed their plans. sold their homes and
belongings when the airport closure derailed their
plans.