He went on to deny that the industrial action had caused widespread problems for immigrants, claiming: “Anyone who wanted to make aliyah on their planned date did, with very few exceptions.
“A handful of olim because of exceptions which are not in our hands, have been affected.”
British families hoping to make aliyah this summer have complained about poor communication by the Jewish Agency. Mr Goodman acknowledged that there had been a delay in publicising the organisation’s plans to deal with the consequences of the industrial action.
“This is what we’ve been doing from the start, but now we’ve announced it. Although there have been no complaints made to us, we thought we’d come out and say what we’re doing, that we have a solution,” he said.