Ministry of Immigration and Absorption Director-General Dmitri Apartsev has welcomed data showing a drop in the number of Israelis leaving the country. He noted that the government has made significant efforts in recent years to bring Israeli citizens back. The world economic crash has also played a part, he said.
In addition, he said, “It is in the nature of every Jew and Israeli to be in the land... Everyone wants to return, the question is when.”