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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/2000-Ukrainian-olim-arrive-in-Israel-via-Freedom-Flight-445909
Immigrants from Ukraine Arrive in Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Michelle Malka Grossman - 116 new immigrants arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday from Ukraine as part of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews' Freedom Flight program, which has airlifted 2,365 Jews to Israel since December 2014. Dmytro and Lyudmila Prokopochych and their four children, aged four to 18, were among the new arrivals. As Jews who know Russian, the Prokopochych's oldest children were targeted with intense anti-Semitic and anti-Russian violence at school. "The kids beat them at school in front of the teacher. The teacher herself also called them 'separatists,'" Dmytro said. Both parents and children said they are looking forward to starting fresh in Israel and having a chance to "live in dignity."