Record Number of Children Immigrants Land in Israel

The 106 American children on an El Al flight that arrived Monday July 22nd has broken a record for the largest number of youngsters moving to Israel on a single flight, says Yael Katsman, spokeswoman for the Nefesh B'Nefesh, an organization that helps thousands of Jewish immigrants make Israel their home.

The children who arrived, the youngest of whom is two months old, are among a total of 2,500 North American immigrants moving to Israel this summer. Also on the flight are 13 olim who have signed up to join the Israel Defense Forces. With this flight, Nefesh B'Nefesh has welcomed the thirty-five thousandth oleh whom the organization has helped make Aliyah.

Israeli Terror Victims Oppose Releasing Terrorists for Negotiations

The majority of Israeli terror victims are opposed to releasing terrorists in order to jump start peace negotiations with the Palestinians. So says Mark Belzberg, Chairman of One Family, an Israeli organization which assists Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorism.

Belzberg is responding to a US suggestion that Israel release Palestinian terrorists from the pre-Oslo period as a goodwill gesture to encourage the Palestinian Authority to negotiate with Israel.

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