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About 60,000 Israelis left last year and no longer, that is, more than twice the number of departures in 2023, and the company “C Marcings” revealed that about 40% of the Israelis who are still in the country are thinking about leaving.
The Haaretz newspaper quoted the Government Statistics Office as saying that 81% of those who left Israel last year are young and families who are often between 25 and 44 years old.
As for the factors driving migration, they include the continuation of the war, political instability, and the high cost of living, which leads many to think about a better future abroad.
Despite these challenges, some Israelis remain in the country, sharing personal reasons that prompt them to think about leaving and the decision to remain temporarily.
What does a lot of them actually discourage immigration out of the country? This is what the newspaper’s report tried to rejoice by meeting four people who really think about this issue:
- First Ricky Cohen, 56, is a writer and poet residing in Tel Aviv
Cohen says that the reason for her thinking about leaving is her feeling of pessimism about Israel’s political, economic and security future, highlighting that feeling despair is chasing her.
It determines the reason for its survival despite its concerns that it is very related to its mother tongue and social networking. “The Hebrew language is my first refuge in the world,” she adds, and she adds, “When you leave, you lose your social network.”
- Secondly, “Shira”, 41, preferred not to disclose her real name, and she is a graphic designer
The reason for her thinking about leaving is, as she says, her disappointment from politics and the escalation of extremism, and she believes that “as long as there is an occupation, there will be no real democracy”, and she feels that her political opinions are increasingly repulsive with Israeli society.
As for the reason for its survival, it is determined in its health problems, its support network and the complications of the transition, including its concerns about “how it will transmit its pets and properties.”
She says that she felt that she was strange in society after hearing a terrifying comment in the dog garden, in which one says to the other, “In what way it would be better to eliminate Gaza, famine or a nuclear bomb?”, And this made her wonder, “How can this be just a transient talk?”
And she adds that such a conversation makes her feel that she is cacophony in this society and is increasingly separate from the prevailing Israeli views, which makes her believe that “her right to feel as if in her homeland began to be stolen.”
- Third Barack Heman, a director of the films from Jaffa
He says that the reason for his thinking about leaving is what he feels emotional because of the war and the political path of Israel.
“Most Israeli Jews live in a fake reality of Holocaust because of October 7, 2023, and I suffer from the Holocaust because of what is going on in Gaza and the West Bank,” he added.
And on the reason for his stay, despite the fact that his family moved to Poland, he explains that he feels that he is morally obligated to stay with his students and continue to teach them, and he says, “When the house burns, my instinct pushes me to stay, resist and pour water on it.”
Although he describes himself as “the most connected person in the world,” he supports the boycott and criticizes the right -wing nationalists.
- Fourth “Metal” (38 years), a pseudonym, sustainable expert, Jerusalem
She says that the reason for her thinking about leaving is her apprehension from the current compass of Israel, which explains, saying, “If we lose in the upcoming elections, I will leave, because I will finally realize that those like me have no place here.”
As for the reason for its survival, it highlights its deep emotional ties with its elderly parents and its national heritage, and despite that she says, “The time remains for me with my close family is limited.”
However, it confirms that immigration is not an easy thing, as it explains that “Israel’s departure forever for me is like leaving religion.”
Ultimately, she says she wants to move towards a positive thing rather than feeling that she is running away from the place she took her home.
