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- F-013Medium confidence
Latin American olim now land in Bnei Brak nearly twice as often as in Netanya, while Ra'anana's pull fades
Spanish and Portuguese speakers looking for peers who arrived recently should look beyond Ra'anana. - F-012High confidence
An oleh specialist moving to the Negev or Galilee can apply for up to NIS 400,000 until 30 November 2026
The grant is NIS 400,000 over three years for a specialist who lives and works in the Negev or Galilee, and applications close on 30 November 2026. - F-011Medium confidence
Three periphery towns beat Tel Aviv's bagrut rate on both measures, yet each drew under 100 olim
For a family with teenagers and a remote or local income, Sderot, Katzrin and Dimona pair some of the best school results in the atlas with some of its lowest rents. - F-010High confidence
Five towns where a family's rent drops by a third, schools beat the national rate and there is a train
These are the cheapest of the 80 atlas towns where a family does not have to trade schools or a rail link for rent. - F-009High confidence
Ashkelon's share of olim fell by more than a third before it joined the 2026 tax credit list
Ashkelon now pairs a tax credit with a 46-minute train to Tel Aviv and below-national rent; the obvious reason families hesitate is one the atlas does not measure. - F-008Medium confidence
Three big cities took nearly half of Russian-speaking olim in 2023 to 2025, up from under a third
The cheaper towns with long-standing Russian-speaking communities are being passed over for the most expensive city in the country. - F-007High confidence
A third of Netanya's Anglo olim are 65 or older, two and a half times the national rate
Anglo retirees arriving in Netanya find peers at the same stage, while Anglo families find few other children. - F-006Medium confidence
Only Beit Shemesh took more Anglo olim children than Jerusalem, where they were just 15% of arrivals
Counting children and counting shares point to different towns, and a family looking for peers who arrived recently needs both. - F-005High confidence
Kiryat Gat took 94 Anglo olim in 2024 and 87 in 2025, after about 40 in all of 2015 to 2019
An Anglo family can now find two years of English-speaking arrivals there at roughly half Ra'anana's rent, with a train to Tel Aviv. - F-004High confidence
French olim are fanning out of Netanya into family towns
These 2025 French arrivals, more than half of them children, went to towns where rent is below Netanya's and school results beat the national rate. - F-003High confidence
Haifa passes our schools, train and rent screens together, yet its share of Anglo olim fell by almost a third
Its bagrut eligibility (83.1%) is below Ra'anana's (90.1%) and Modi'in's (92.6%) but above the national rate, and its family rent is a quarter below national with the larger rent aid on top. - F-001High confidence
The olim rent aid map changed in April 2025, and three in four Western olim landed outside it
For a renting couple the gap is NIS 1,341 a month, so the town you choose can be worth tens of thousands of shekels.
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F-014
Community, Schools, Migration patterns, Housing
Held for right of reply. We have not yet sent this finding to the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration. Once we do, the Ministry has 10 working days to reply before we publish.
F-002
Tax, Benefits
Awaiting review by a tax professional
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