Israel’s Immigration Ministry is trying to persuade citizens who moved abroad to return. Immigration Minister Ze’ev Boim begins a tour of North America this week during which he’ll meet with some of the estimated 420,000 former Israelis living there, Yediot Achronot reported Tuesday.
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