TEHRAN – Israeli emigration hit unprecedented levels in 2024 as 82,000 citizens departed, almost twice the 2022 figure of 42,000—a 95% jump in just two years.
This torrent, tracked by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, swelled further into 2025, with 79,000 more leaving over the past year while just 25,000 newcomers trickled in.
Concentrated among tech-savvy professionals and young families—the very backbone of Israel’s vaunted economy—these departures signal not escapist yearning but a profound rupture.
Net migration plunged by 125,000 from 2022 to mid-2024, turning the “safe haven” narrative into a hollow echo.
At the epicenter lies Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, a cataclysm that has unmasked Zionism’s predatory core.
Approximately 1,139 people were killed in Israel on October 7, 2023, in the aftermath of a Hamas-led attack.
The Israeli
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