Live: Netanyahu greets batch of Nefesh B'Nefesh olim
By JPOST.COM STAFF
08/13/2012 17:31
Record number 127 of 350 new olim brought on chartered plane in aliya group plan on enlisting in the IDF.
New Israel immigrants ready to join IDF Photo: Shahar Azran
A batch of 350 new immigrants from Canada and the United States, among
them a record number of 127 young men and women who are planning to
enlist in the IDF, were set to arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport Tuesday to
start their aliya process.
In a special ceremony organized by Nefesh B'Nefesh, the North American
immigrants will be greeted by a host of high-level Israeli dignitaries,
including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Minister of Immigrant
Absorption Sofa Landver and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky.