1990s post-Soviet aliyah
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In the years leading up to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and for just over a decade thereafter, a particularly large number of Jews emigrated from the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet co
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with new Russian immigrants on their flight from Russia to Israel. 27 April 1994.
Jewish Agency Chairman Avraham Burg welcomes new Russian immigrants upon their arrival at Ben Gurion Airport. 10 May 1995.
Soviet immigrant children in the caravan neighborhood of Bat Yam, July 1991.
Palestinian Authority spokesman Ghassan Khatib described the Russian immigrants as having "helped shift Israel to the right – to the disadvantage of peace possibilities".
Russian language in Israel
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The Russian language is spoken natively by a considerable proportion of the population of Israel, mostly by immigrants who came from the former Soviet Union from 1989 onwards. It is a major foreign la
1990s post-Soviet aliyah
…Operation Israel Guarantees Russian language in Israel Human capital flight…
"Vegetables and fruits" shop sign in Haifa in Russian and Hebrew.
A multilingual (Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Russian) sign at the Ministry of Interior/Ministry of Immigrant Absorption in Haifa.
The multilingual warning (English, Hebrew, Arabic and Russian) on the optical cable manhole cover in Tel Aviv.
A multilingual sign at the beach, forbidding swimming