Belgium: Anti-Semitism spurring Jewish exodus

Immigration from Belgium to Israel on the basis of Israel’s Law of Return for Jews and their relatives brought to Israel an annual average of 221 immigrants in the years 2010-2013.

That figure represents a 60-percent increase over the average of 133 new arrivals from Belgium in the years 2005-2009, according to data issued by the Jewish Agency for Israel.

“This is not just a reaction to the attack on the museum,” added Rubinfeld, a former president of the CCOJB umbrella group representing Belgium’s French-speaking Jewish communities. “Each year, hundreds of complaints on anti-Semitic acts are recorded and the real number of these acts is probably is much higher.”

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