From Ukraine to Israel: An exodus for our times

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing to Israel – joining a million-plus former Soviets who have already moved to this Middle Eastern nation, with profound consequences for both Israel and the region. Tim Samuels investigates this very modern ‘exodus’ of Jews, once again running from Eastern Europe, a journey so many of their ancestors made before. He meets Ukrainian refugees in a Tel Aviv immigration hotel trying to start a new life for themselves after fleeing from the horrors of the conflict, but also finding themselves sharing the same facilities as Russians who have left their country too for Israel. Music featured: Stefan Wesolowski – Love Immortal Onion - Dune Both tracks from the compilation: W snach widzę spokojny Wschód / In my dreams I see a peaceful East, digital album by Various Artists. Published by Palma Foundation.

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0:22.4	I'm Tim Samuels on the BBC World Service, telling one of the oldest stories of our times,
0:28.2	but with an unexpected, tragically modern twist, Jewish people fleeing for their lives from
0:33.9	Eastern Europe.
0:35.5	This time from Ukraine and the onslaught by Russia.
0:40.1	Many of those Jews are choosing to make their new homes in the Middle East in Israel.
0:45.6	In doing so, joining more than a million others, including a fair sprinkling of oligarchs
0:51.0	from former Soviet territories who rapidly moved to Israel from the early 1990s with profound
0:57.7	consequences for Israel and arguably the Middle East.
1:03.0	It's perhaps one of the more significant mass migrations of recent times that it tends
1:07.6	to get a bit overlooked amidst the mayhem of the Middle East.
1:11.6	For those in Ukraine who've rapidly been packing their bags, or more often than not bag,
1:17.4	what were their new lives looked like in Israel?
1:20.1	Alongside a large Russian community, in a country grappling with its role in a conflict
1:26.0	it seems to have inserted itself into.
1:29.2	This exodus from the East may be modern, but for many, the journey from war begins with
1:34.6	a trek across land.
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