A total of 206 Tunisian Jews arrived in Israel as immigrants in January, a Jewish Agency spokesman announced today.
He revealed that about 500 are expected here this month, adding that the air lift from Iran to Israel will also go back into service this month. The total number of Tunisian Jews who arrived in 1951 was 3,414, he reported.
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