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Jewish new immigrants from Ukraine, who are making Aliyah (Immigration to Israel), walk down the stairs as their airplane lands at Ben Gurion International airport on December 22, 2014, in Lod, about 15 kms east of Tel Aviv. Despite security tensions in Israel, 226 new Olim (Jewish immigrants) from Ukraine arrived in Israel on a special Aliyah charter flight. AFP PHOTO/GIL COHEN-MAGEN