The Ministry of Aliyah and Integration (Ministry of Immigration and Absorption before 2017) ( he, משרד העלייה והקליטה, ''Misrad Ha

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VeHaKlita'') is a ministry of the

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responsible for providing assistance to immigrants.

History

The Ministry was known until 1951 as the Ministry of Immigration ( he, משרד העלייה, link=no, ''Misrad HaAliya'', "Ministry of Aliyah") and later renamed he, המשרד לקליטת העלייה, label=none, ''HaMisrad LeKlitat HaAliyah'', "Ministry of Integration of Immigrants". However, Current Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, who is also the first

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n to serve as a minister in the Israeli government, was given the title of Minister of Immigrant Absorption when she was sworn in on 17 May 2020

Purpose

In coordination with local authorities and the

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, the Ministry is responsible for helping new immigrants (''olim'') find employment and accommodation, and gives advice on education, planning and social issues, as well as setting up the "immigrant basket" of benefits (such as tax breaks, grants etc.).

Fake claims scandal

In 2019, a ''

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'' investigation found that all of the success stories on the ministry's

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page were invented, except for one person who was not an immigrant. The ministry acknowledged the fabrication and removed them all.

List of ministers

The Minister of Immigration and Absorption ( he, שר העלייה והקליטה, link=no, ''Sar HaAliyah VeKlita'') is a minor portfolio in the

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. There is also occasionally a Deputy Minister.

Deputy ministers

References

External links

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*Ministry of Aliyah