More than 250.000 housing units were built. The number of schools was multiplied almost four times. But immigration and the absorption of immigrants is not a problem of the pastcompleted and forgotten. The flow of homeless and dispossessed continues. More than 250.000 newcomers have entered the country in the past 5 yearsan average of 50.000 a year. And this number is expected to continue for at least 3 to 4 more years. The majority of the immigrants come from Moslem countries where illiteracy is common and economic opportunities meager. This has resulted in Israels second major internal problemthe integration of the Oriental Jews Into a strange. modern Western society. In the United States we have. in recent years. moved toward legal equality for all our citizens. But we have found that civil and social equality necessitates a crash program of education. at the preschool. school. and adult levels. Israel laws have never discriminated between citizens. regardless of country of origin. race. or religion. But the oriental immigrants from north Africa and Middle Eastern countries like Yemen. Morocco. Algeria.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants from Moslem countries are described as commonly illiterate with meager economic opportunities.