Deputy and Chairman of the World Zionist Organization, Jacob Haguel, formulated a plan to absorb hundreds of thousands of Jews • "The situation in France is deteriorating, anti-Semitism is getting stronger"

• Immigrants from France land in the country // Archive photo: Coco

The rise of families, the establishment of an employer base for the absorption of new immigrants, government assistance and recruitment to the IDF: The World Zionist Organization is thinking about the future of French Jews. 

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A special program, prepared by Ya'akov Haguel, Deputy and Chairman of the World Zionist Organization, and submitted to the Immigration and Absorption Minister, Pnina Tamano-Shtah, is currently under discussion and its purpose is to bring hundreds of thousands of Jews living in France to Israel. Chaguel makes it clear that "all government ministries must mobilize on the issue and bring the Jews of France to Israel, this is our Zionism today."

At the beginning of the plan, Samuel writes that in the foreseeable future, French Jewry will migrate from the country to other parts of the world. "Jews will leave France. The situation in France is deteriorating day by day, and the economic situation is getting worse. Among other things, French Jews usually spend their holidays here in Israel.

In his plan, as mentioned, Haguel points out that the Jews will leave France, and it is worthwhile for Israel to absorb the migration of those Jews here to their home. "Since 2015 there has been a decline in the rate of immigration of French Jewry due to barriers and absorption difficulties. The Corona crisis, the deterioration of the economic situation and the strengthening of Islamic Islam create an opportunity that will not return to breaking the barriers of bureaucracy and the rise of French Jewry," emphasizes Chavuel. First, there is a need to establish a pool of employers who are interested in employing immigrants for tax benefits or government subsidies. 

"We have an opportunity not to return," concludes Haguel, "Every shekel that we invest in a new immigrant from France will come back to us in the form of NIS 15 in ten years. This is Zionism, this is Judaism and this is our tradition. Beyond our lucrative investment in the country, we will gain a new spirit from cohesive and strong communities For centuries, the State of Israel cannot look to the future without the immigration of French Jews to Israel. Gas and bring to Israel the Jews of France. "