"Immigration from the CIS has most likely exhausted itself, so it is necessary to look for new sources," said Meridor. Among the main sources of replenishing the population of the Jewish state, the public figure pointed to the United States. "The largest Jewish diaspora in the world lives there, even larger than in Israel itself," added Meridor.
Last year, 24,000 people came to Israel for permanent residence, and in 2002 - 36,000. In 1990, about 200,000 people immigrated to the country. Israel is currently home to 6.75 million people, of whom 5.16 million are Jews, 1.3 million are Arabs, and 290,000 are citizens of other nationalities.