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![Jewish new immigrants from Ukraine, who are making Aliyah (Immigration to Israel), walk down the stairs as their airplane lands at Ben Gurion International airport on December 22, 2014, in Lod, about 15 kms east of Tel Aviv [GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/GettyImages-460777072-scaled-e1640344576677.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The first plan: The Israelis plan to absorb a potential new wave of immigrants from Ukraine, and they expect that Russia will launch a war on Ukraine at the... -
![Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett listens during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, on 25 August 2021. [OLIVIER DOULIERY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages-1234866533.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The news of the arrival of 235 displaced Jews to Israel via Ben Gurion Airport on 13 October went straight over our heads. These immigrants arrived from the city...