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Meital R. Fishman
Published: 10.03.19, 18:24
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1. old propaganda, as usual: Fake news.
(03.11.19)
2. HONEYMOON WILL BE OVER VERY SOON.
oleg ,   florida   (03.11.19)
MOST OF THEM WILL RETURN FROM WHERE THEY CAME FROM. ISRAEL IS A MINIMUM WAGE COUNTRY. TOO EXPENSIVE TO LIVE. FOOD, HOUSING AND BASIC NEEDS. IT IS A GREAT COUNTRY IF YOU DON'T NEED TO WORK THERE OR LOOK FOR A JOB.
3. Welcome home? Really?
Ex Oleh Chadash   (03.11.19)
mediocre JAFI shilichim don't advise you about housing, career, nothing you need and want to know!

only thing they do is to put your life in a mercaz klitah, to share apartment with some narcomano and to live together with depressive people who don't want to learn Hebrew. I lived in the mercaz klitah Raanana - it's a ghetto. I can tell, because I know it!

Or, they send young people to some kibbutz, where the young wait the day to be enlisted in the army.

Please share the stories of real people like me, people who leave the country for some serious sad reason, and stop making propaganda like this. Tell people the truth.
4. Proof of Judaism letters from a Rabbi who knows you...
NYNY   (03.11.19)
where is the proof these people are even Jewish without the holy letter.
5. THE ONLY FREE THING YOU GET A ONE WAY EL-AL TICKET TO ISRAEL
oleg ,   florida   (03.12.19)
ALL IS LIES AND PROMISES. STAY WHERE YOU ARE. ISRAEL IS A JUNGEL WHERE EVERYONE EATS EACH OTHER. OR PUT ABSTRACTIONS SO YOU FAIL AND NOT SUCCEED. ITS VERY COMMON THING.
6. olah chadasha andoleg
jonathan ,   tel aviv   (03.12.19)
maybe you two did not succeed in israel economically because you were not qualified????

we succeeded beyond belief and work at high tech jobs here in israel.

maybe you both were really not up to the competition?

most olehs i know have moved past you and have great prosperous lives in this country.

you o not have to badmouth a country because of your lack of success. others have accomplished in israel the things you were not able to accomplish and they came here just like the two of you and succeeded.
7. ONE COMMON THING IN ISRAEL ARE THE LIES & LIARS WITH SMILES
oleg ,   florida   (03.12.19)
8. Oleg is a great man, he is right all the time
Ex Oleh Chadash   (03.13.19)
You must learn from him.

Oleg, you are a winner! Some people stay in Israel living in small, expensive apartments, let these envious people speak on their own, do not reply. I just do not read what they write.

America is great! Everyone wants to be in America!
9. The Israeli absorption package for new immigrants
ADAM   (03.13.19)
OF COURSE, ISRAEL GIVES YOU TOO MUCH GIFTS...

BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO SETTLE THERE! LOL!!!!

JAKE IS JUST A POOR NAIVE PERSON, SOMEONE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO AND STAY ALL DAY HERE READING COMMENTS.
10. ISRAELI UTOPIA WHY 1000.000 PLUS YORDIM LEFT.JONATHAN &JAKE
oleg ,   NAPLES FLORIDA   (03.13.19)
I DID NOT SUCCEED IN ISRAEL BECAUSE I LEFT AT 16. MY PARENTS DID NOT SUCCEED BECAUSE THE SYSTEM DID NOT LET THEM SUCCEED. IN 1960 TO GET A GOOD JOB IN ISRAEL YOU HAD TO GIVE KICK BACKS OR KNOW SOMEONE OR BE AN ASS KISSER MEMBER OF A PARTY. EVERYTHING WAS INVOLVE A BRIBE. MY PARENTS DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN SUCH MONKEY BUSINESS. HOW MANY PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM HIGH TECH IN 2019 LESS THEN 3%. VERY BIG DEAL FOR START UP NATION.
11. ZIONIST UTOPIA WHEN FALAFEL COST $10.00 & CAN OF SODA $3.00
OLEG ,   florida   (03.13.19)
FOR MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS THEY HAVE TO WORK 2 HOURS TO EAT .
12. After Nefesh B'Nefesh collapse
sad, but true   (03.13.19)
they will seek new immigrants in countries under crisis. Everyone knows that.

JAFI shilichim are like vultures. They are going to Venezuela right now, trying to convince Jews there to made alyah.

They want young people to put them in the army. Is this a lie?
13. 30,000 new immigrants arrived
(03.13.19)
they don't tell how many leave.
14. JAKE OR JAKO SORRY YOU NEVER MADE IT IN AMERICA BOY.
oleg ,   florida   (03.14.19)
IF YOU WORK HARD IN THE USA EVERYBODY CAN MAKE IT. YOU DID NOT TRY HARD ENOUGH. YOU ARE SO ISRAELI CHANGE YOUR NAME SON. BY THE WAY I HOPE YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR YOUR RENT AND OVER DRAFT. EVERY ISRAELI WHO WANTS TO COME TO AMERICA I WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS. IN AMERICA YOU ARE FREE LIKE A BIRD TO DO ANYTHING YOU WISH. TRAVEL, WORK LITTLE TAXATION, GET A GOOD EDUCTION YOU DON'T NEED THE STUPID BAGRUT TEST TO GO TO COLLEGE. ONLY A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. AMERICA IS FREE AND NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW. LIVE FREE AND BE HAPPY. AND I AM VERY HAPPY. SHALOM TO YOU ALL. OLEG
15. JAKE AND JONATHAN ENJOY THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
OLEG ,   FLORIDA   (03.14.19)
16. They have not told it all yet, dear olim chadashim...
(03.15.19)
If you leave the country, they cut off all "gifts" they gave you:

no more kupat cholim, no more nothing.

they just want your kids to serve in the army, dear ones.

LOL.

If you leave, JAFI will not be so kind to you next time, believe me. They like to see you begging for their mercy.

This is so funny!

I like to read Oleg comments, he is a straight, open-hearted guy: others are giving you illusions.
17. JAKE TRY TO GET A JOB. ANY JOB. I HOPE & WISH YOU WORK.
oleg ,   florida   (03.15.19)
ALSO TRY TO CHANGE YOUR NAME TO A HEBREW NAME.TO FEEL MORE ACCEPTED. WHEN I CAME TO ISRAEL IN 1959-1960 THEY CHANGED MY NAME TO AVI IN SCHOOL WITHOUT MY PARENTS AUTHORIZATION BUT MISRAD APNIM NEVER OFFICIALLY CHANGED MY NAME. THE KIDS AND TEACHERS CALLED ME AVI MY PARENTS CONTINUE CALLING ME OLEG. WHEN I GOT MY PASSPORT IN 1971 ONLY FOR 3 MONTHS THEY WROTE MY NAME OLEK NOT OLEG AND I SIGNED MY NAME AVI. VERY FUNNY. IN 1971 TO GET A PASSPORT WAS GOING LIKE THROUGH A COMPLICATED OPERATION. ONLY ONE PLACE COULD ISSUE A PASSPORT THOSE YEARS. MY MOTHER MADE MANY TRIPS AND WASTING A LOT OF TIME. SHE MISSED WORK. AT THAT TIME A HIGHLY EDUCATED BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WORKED AS A HOUSEKEEPER IN SAVION FOR A NASTY FAMILY FROM SOUTH AFRICA. AT THAT TIME EVEN RICH ISRAELIS COULD NOT LIVE IN SAVION. ONLY RICH FOREIGN JEWS. SHALOM TO YOU ALL AND GOOD HEALTH FROM FLORIDA.
18. best advice
ex Oleh Chadash   (03.20.19)
come as a tourist first, try to find a job, then apply for citizenship, if everything goes well.

They told me when I was a young man, I did not believe.

You can not rely on JAFI's help all the time, as some people do. Life is hard for everybody there, living in Israel.

Best thing to do is to rent an apartment and keep away from any mercaz klitah, they are horrible, all of them. You will get disappointed.

Learning Hebrew very well is a must. If you don't, you will not succeed. Keep away from people from the same country you are from to avoid speaking your native language. People think Israelis are rude: it's self-defense.

If I could get another chance, I would make things very different. Today, I'm old and sick, I can not come back again.

For some people (Americans Europeans), traveling to Israel is quite easy; others, like me, were born in third world countries, where it's difficult, almost impossible, to leave.
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