On 25 October 1984, Tour Ve’Aleh submitted its annual report on Operation 1000, which enumerated the successes and failures of the second annual program.114 In all, there were 284 participants in 1984, which actually constituted a 12% increase from 1983. The memo is especially notable as it included some interesting demographic data about the 32 individuals (19 adults, 8 teens, and 5 children) in the West Bank track at Ofra. According to an appended statistical breakdown, the majority of the 19 member adult group were between 35 and 55 years of age, identified as Orthodox or Conservative Jews, came from the New York area, worked in white collar fields (including 6 teachers, 2 dentists, 2 doctors, and several housewives), and were on their first or second trip to Israel.115 Participants at Ofra had dwelled in temporary housing, taking their meals either at the communal dining hall or cooking at home. All were assigned a host family and joined local residents in various tasks including working in Ofra’s fruit groves and digging at the archeological excavation site in nearby Shilo. Families were also provided immigration counseling and Hebrew-language training. Apart from their activities at Ofra, “They toured a large number of settlements in Judea and Samaria and learned to recognize, up-close, the settlement of this strip of land.”116 They also explored other areas across Israel,
including the annexed territory of the Golan Heights. While the program failed to attract a large number of participants and was $9155 in debt after expenses were tallied for the 1984 program year, Operation 1000 was still judged “a successful effort for the establishment of immigration.”117