During his remarks this evening (Sunday, 21 December 2025) at a Hanukkah candle lighting event that he held in Rishon LeZion, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar called on Jews to make aliyah to Israel:
“Over the past year, we have concentrated efforts in the fight against the rising antisemitism around the world. In May, I convened a major international conference on the issue here in Jerusalem. We demanded that foreign governments take real steps against the new antisemitism. Few did so. Most allowed an unrestrained surge of overt antisemitism in the public sphere.
Jews have the right to live in safety everywhere. But we see and fully understand what is happening, and we have a certain historical experience. Today, Jews are being hunted across the world. Today I call on Jews in England, Jews in France, Jews in Australia, Jews in Canada, Jews in Belgium: come to the Land of Israel! Come home!
We are waiting for you here with open arms. With love. In the true home of the Jewish people. Why raise your children in this atmosphere? Come with your families to the land of our forefathers, to the State of Israel, where the Jews taught the entire world what Jewish self-defense means. The time has come.”