The images are haunting: runway lights cutting through the night, aircraft descending one after another, and streams of exhausted families stepping onto Israeli soil--some trembling, some silent, all fleeing a world that has turned suddenly hostile. In Israel's latest national emergency drill, this was not fiction. It was a sober rehearsal for a future the government fears may be closer than anyone wants to admit.
Because something remarkable--and unsettling--is happening simultaneously across the West. Antisemitism is rising at a velocity not seen in generations. Jewish life in once-safe cities is being shaken to its core. And for the first time in decades, major governments are openly warning their Jewish citizens to hide their identities, avoid public gatherings, or prepare for evacuation.
Against this backdrop, Israel ran a full-scale absorption drill in Ramla simulating a mass emergency aliyah: tens of thousands of Jews fleeing collapsing security conditions abroad. It was the kind of operation we once associated with history books--not modern Europe, North America, or the digital age. But Israel is preparing for exactly that.
The scenario was intentionally extreme: 800 new arrivals per day, every day, for two weeks. No warning. Papers incomplete. Some unsure whether they even qualified under the Law of Return. Many traumatized. All needing immediate housing, food, schooling, medical attention, work placement, and security. (Ed note: "It was a sober rehearsal for a future the government fears may be closer than anyone wants to admit." End Times?) (Read More)
