In 1996, ISRAEL ABSORBED 71,300 NEW IMMIGRANTS
bringing the total number of new arrivals since 1989 to 781,800, HA'ARETZ reported.

According to immigration statistics, 82 percent of last year's total came from countries comprising the former Soviet Union.

Immigration from the United States was down by 15 percent in 1996 compared to the previous year.

In addition, the number of new arrivals from central Asian countries dropped from 9,839 in 1995 to 6,517 in 1996. ===================================================================== Israel Information Service Gopher Information Division Israel Foreign Ministry - Jerusalem Mail all Queries to ask@israel-info.gov.il ===================================================================== Jerusalem, 25 October 1995 -

2.5 MILLION IMMIGRANTS HAVE ENTERED ISRAEL SINCE 1948 (Communicated by Central Bureau of Statistics Spokesman)
 

BY CONTINET
59% from Europe,
19% from Africa,
15% from Asia,
 7% from the Americas and Oceania.

BY COUNTRY
795,000 (32%) are from the former Soviet Union.
345,000 (14%) are from Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
273,000 are from Romania,
172,000 are from Poland,
130,000 are from Iraq,
76,000 are from Iran,
71,000 are from the United States.
61,000 are from Turkey.
51,000 are from Yemen.
48,000 are from Ethiopia.
43,000 are from Argentina.
43,000 are from Bulgaria.

SOURCE: (http://www.technion.ac.il/technion/aliyah/hot3.txt)