In the year of the Al-Aqsa Flood, a quarter of Israelis are thinking about emigrating news
An opinion poll revealed that about a quarter of Israelis thought about emigrating abroad during the past year, due to the current political and security situation after the “Al-Aqsa flood” unleashed by the Palestinian resistance.
The poll – conducted by the Kan channel, affiliated with the Israeli official broadcasting authority, showed that during the past year (from October 2023 to October 2024), 23% of Israelis thought about leaving the country, due to the current political and security situation.
According to the poll, 67% of Israelis said that they had not thought about leaving the country, while the rest declined to answer.
According to the poll, 14% of supporters of the government coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thought about leaving, compared to 36% of opposition party supporters who also said that they thought about emigrating abroad.
The survey indicated that secularists are more inclined to leave compared to Haredi (religious) Jews.
Kan channel, commenting on the survey, said that the rate of negative immigration in Israel was clear even before the outbreak of the last war (in October 2023), as the number of departures exceeded the number of new immigrants in recent years.
The official channel indicated, “Although no official data is available for the current year (2024), it appears that this trend (negative migration) is continuing, which indicates a larger problem that may worsen if it is not dealt with seriously.”
Last September, official data – issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics – revealed a noticeable increase in the phenomenon of Israeli immigration abroad, as more than 40,000 left during the first seven months of 2024.
In 2023, about 55,300 Israelis immigrated, compared to 38,000 who immigrated in 2022, according to the same source.