LARGEST FRENCH ALIYA FLIGHT OF SUMMER LANDS IN ISRAEL:

The largest French aliya flight of the summer landed at Israel's Ben-Gurion airport on 20 July 2016. More than 200 French Jews were aboard the flight. The arrival of the olim (new immigrants) comes days after a deadly terror attack rocked Nice, France. The Jewish Agency, however, emphasized that the flight was planned months ago without any connection to the recent events in France. "French Jews who immigrate to Israel are coming out of choice: they have a whole world of opportunities before them, and they are choosing to come to Israel," Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky stated. "Their choice demonstrates that Israel affords a sense of Jewish identity and attachment to those Jews who wish to take an active part in the Jewish story. We must do everything we can to ease their professional, educational, and personal integration into Israeli society and ensure that they feel at home from the moment they first set foot on our homeland’s soil.” (J.Post) "Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you. Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you.” Isa 49:17-18