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Since the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza on 7 October, 2023, nearly half a million Israelis left the country according to data from the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority.
Israel’s Zman magazine reported that 470,000 Israelis have emigrated from Israel, and it remains uncertain if they will ever return to the Jewish country in the meduim term and/orin the future.
The figures are alarming. One in four Israelis is looking for a way to leave the country pointes out the Jewish People Policy Institute.
As well, statistics show there has been a significant decline in the number of Jewish immigrants to Israel beginning early October, and dropping by about 50 percent compared to the beginning of 2023.
This low trand is continuing. At the end of last June the Population and Immigration Authority estimated that 370,000 people left Israel in the previous two months. They stood at 230,309 last October and 139,839 in November.
Before the Gaza war outbreak, approximately 600,000 Israelis traveled abroad for vacation. The figures now show that Israelis are going abroad and not coming back.
