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Following the events of World War II, the Holocaust, and increased violence against Jews in Europe, the United Nations established a partition plan ceding the majority of Palestine, which was at the time occupied by Palestinian Arabs, to a new Jewish state. Many European Jews surviving the events of the war saw this new state as a destination or promised safety, and made the journey across Europe to Israel.

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Jewish Immigration in Israel post World War Two.  Archive film 61327

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Jewish Immigration in Israel post World War Two.  Archive film 61327

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Most migrants only move a short distance

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Most migrants only move a short distance

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Far more Jewish migrants arrived in Israel from Yemen and Eastern Europe than from further regions of the world, such as Western Europe, Africa, or even the Americas.

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Rural people are more likely to migrate than urban people

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Rural people are more likely to migrate than urban people

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Most Jews who were displaced during World War II and the Holocaust, and thus ended up migrating to Israel, were from rural areas

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Long-distance migrants are more likely to move to cities

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Long-distance migrants are more likely to move to cities

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The population of Israel is mostly concentrated in major cities, which have experienced rapid population growth over the last century.

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Jewish migrants who fled to Israel were persecuted in their home countries

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Most migrants to Israel came from the regions that were closest to Israel

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The wave of immigrants displaced Palestinian Arabs who were already there at the time

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The pull factors of this migration were the promise of safety, a lack of persecution, and a fresh start for Jewish people in a new country.

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The push factors involved in this case were related to the persecution of Jews in Europe, primarily the Holocaust and other acts of persecution used by Nazi Germany during World War 2.

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Jews were leaving the country they were born in to effectively build a new country in a different part of the world