Eye on the Middle East Sep/Oct 2009

In what, under the circumstances, some would think incredible, 100 people deplaned in June in Tel Aviv as new immigrants to Israel. They were the vanguard for thousands more scheduled to make aliyah before the summer of 2009 was out. What made their arrival newsworthy is the fact that they did not come from the Third World where deprivation drives people to Israel despite the potential dangers.