Woomera, South Australia residents in the mid-1960s. However, with the establishment of the USAF/ADF Joint Defence Communications Facility in 1969 at the nearby Nurrungar site, approximately south of Woomera, along with its 1100 permanent staff, the village population stabilized at around 4,500 people (including around 800 children). In the late 1990s, as the Nurrungar program was winding down, the ADF reassessed the role of Woomera in its future force structure. What became apparent to the ADF at that time was that the Woomera Test Range was the only land-based test range left in the Western world capable of testing the next (or what
Illegal immigration from Africa to Israel Israelis have continued to show their support over the years for the community. Refugee Seders have been held each year during the Jewish holiday of Passover, most recently taking place at Holot detention facility to show solidarity and support to the men living in detention. Support for refugees and immigrants to Israel is also demonstrated through the work of numerous non-profit organizations, including Kav LaOved (Worker's Hotline), ARDC, ASSAF. In late 2017, early 2018, prominent North American Jewish organizations joined with Israeli NGO’s to decry Israel’s recent decisions to close Holot and deport asylum seekers. The Israeli demographer Arnon Soffer