The Aliyah and Integration Ministry in coordination with the Ministry for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee, has approved a grant package for new immigrants who decide to live and work in the country's northern and southern peripheral regions.
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The grants seek to incentivize healthcare professionals and engineers to live in Israel's periphery. The incentive comes in the wake of a looming healthcare staffing shortage that is slated to impact the entire country and, in particular, the periphery. According to Health Ministry Associate Director General Dr. Sefi Mendlovic, the next three years will be a critical period with regard to addressing this issue, as Israel may very well see a severe shortage of physicians from 2026-2030.
For many years there has been a major shortage of doctors in Israel's peripheral regions, therefore I made it a top priority to change the situation when I took office. The program we initiated is meant to encourage the immigration of Jewish medical professionals and engineers from around the world to Israel," Development of the Periphery, Negev and Galilee Minister Oded Forer said, adding, "This is true Zionism."
Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata added: "The new grants package is just part of a broad process to encourage the immigration of trained professionals from the medical and engineering fields to Israel's periphery. I am confident it will help strengthen the economy and health care system in these regions which urgently require high-level manpower assistance."
