Ministry of Aliyah and Integration


Ministry of Aliyah and Integration is a ministry of the Israeli government.

History

The Ministry was known until 1951 as the Ministry of Immigration and later renamed label=none, HaMisrad LeKlitat HaAliyah, "Ministry of Integration of Immigrants". However, Current Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, who is also the first Ethiopian 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 Jewish Agency, the Ministry is responsible for helping new immigrants find employment and accommodation, and gives advice on education, planning and social issues, as well as setting up the "immigrant basket" of benefits.

Fake claims scandal

In 2019, a Times of Israel investigation found that all of the success stories on the ministry's Twitter 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 is a minor portfolio in the Israeli cabinet. There is also occasionally a Deputy Minister.

Deputy ministers