Israel: a sort of Biblical Disneyland for Eastern Europeans Cosplaying as Middle-Easterners
Nearly half of all Israeli Jews are descended from Jews who made “aliyah” from Europe.
The first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion? He was born David Grün, and was from Poland.
The first President of Israel Chaim Azriel Weizmann was born in Belarus. He was instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and convincing the United States government to recognize the newly formed State of Israel in 1948.
Moshe Sharett, the second Prime Minister of Israel? He was actually Moshe Chertok.
The Second President of Israel was Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, formerly Izaak Shimshelevich from the Ukraine.
The third Prime Minister of Israel, Levi Eshkol, was born Levi Shkolnik and was born in the shtetl of Oratov, Lipovetsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire.
The Third President of Israel was Zalman Shazar - formerly Šnejer Zalman Rubašow, from Russia.
The fourth President of Israel Ephraim Katzir was, you guessed it, from Kiev Ukraine and was Efraim Katchalski.