Ministry of Aliyah and Integration

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The Ministry of Aliyah and Integration (Ministry of Immigration and Absorption before 2017) (Hebrew: משרד העלייה והקליטה, Misrad HaAliyah VeHaKlita) is a ministry of the Israeli government responsible for providing assistance to immigrants.

History

The Ministry was known until 1951 as the Ministry of Immigration (Hebrew: משרד העלייה, Misrad HaAliya, "Ministry of Aliyah") and later renamed המשרד לקליטת העלייה, HaMisrad LeKlitat HaAliyah, "Ministry of Integration of Immigrants". Pnina Tamano-Shata, who was also the first Ethiopian Jew to serve as a minister in the Israeli government,^[1] was given the title of Minister of Immigrant Absorption when she was sworn in on 17 May 2020^[2]

Purpose

In coordination with local authorities and the Jewish Agency, 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 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.^[3]

List of ministers

The Minister of Immigration and Absorption (Hebrew: שר העלייה והקליטה, Sar HaAliyah VeKlita) is a minor portfolio in the Israeli cabinet. There is also occasionally a Deputy Minister.^{[4][clarification needed]}

#	Minister	Party	Government	Term start	Term end	Notes
Minister of Immigration
1	Haim-Moshe Shapira	United Religious Front	P, 1, 2	May 14, 1948	October 8, 1951
Minister of Immigrant Absorption
2	Yigal Allon	Alignment	13, 14	July 1, 1968	December 15, 1969
3	Shimon Peres	Alignment	15	December 22, 1969	July 27, 1970
4	Natan Peled	Alignment	15	July 27, 1970	March 10, 1974	Not an MK
5	Shlomo Rosen	Alignment	16, 17	March 10, 1974	June 20, 1977	Not an MK
6	David Levy	Likud	18	June 20, 1977	August 5, 1981
7	Aharon Abuhatzira	Tami	19	August 5, 1981	May 4, 1982
8	Aharon Uzan	Tami	19, 20	May 4, 1982	September 13, 1984
9	Ya'akov Tzur	Alignment	21, 22	September 13, 1984	December 22, 1988
10	Yitzhak Peretz	Shas	23, 24	December 22, 1988	July 13, 1992
11	Yair Tzaban	Meretz	25, 26	July 13, 1992	June 18, 1996
12	Yuli-Yoel Edelstein	Yisrael BaAliyah	27	June 18, 1996	July 6, 1999
13	Ehud Barak	One Israel	28	July 6, 1999	August 5, 1999	Serving Prime Minister
14	Yuli Tamir	One Israel	28	August 5, 1999	March 7, 2001
15	Ariel Sharon	Likud	29	March 7, 2001	February 28, 2003	Serving Prime Minister
16	Tzipi Livni	Likud Kadima	30	February 28, 2003	May 4, 2006
17	Ze'ev Boim	Kadima	31	May 4, 2006	July 4, 2007
18	Yaakov Edri	Kadima	31	July 4, 2007	14 July 2008
19	Eli Aflalo	Kadima	31	14 July 2008	31 March 2009
20	Sofa Landver	Yisrael Beiteinu	32, 33	31 March 2009	10 May 2015
21	Ze'ev Elkin	Likud	34	14 May 2015	30 May 2016
Minister of Aliyah and Integration
22	Sofa Landver	Yisrael Beiteinu	34	30 May 2016	18 November 2018
Minister of Immigration and Absorption
23	Benjamin Netanyahu	Likud	34	18 November 2018	24 December 2018	Serving Prime Minister
24	Yariv Levin	Likud	34	24 December 2018	9 January 2019	Acting
25	Yoav Gallant	Likud	34	9 January 2019	17 May 2020	[5]
26	Pnina Tamano-Shata	Blue and White	35, 36	17 May 2020	29 December 2022
27	Ofir Sofer	Religious Zionist	37	29 December 2022

Deputy ministers

#	Minister	Party	Government	Term start	Term end
1	Aryeh Eliav	Alignment	13, 14	August 12, 1968	December 15, 1969
2	Shlomo Rosen	Alignment	15	November 20, 1972	March 10, 1974
3	Aharon Uzan	Tami	19	August 11, 1981	May 4, 1982
4	Marina Solodkin	Yisrael BaAliyah	28	August 5, 1999	July 11, 2000
5	Yuli-Yoel Edelstein	Yisrael BaAliyah	29	March 7, 2001	February 28, 2003
–	Marina Solodkin	Kadima	30	March 30, 2005	May 4, 2006

^{[clarification needed]}

References

External links

• Official website