POLL SHOWS ONE IN FIVE ISRAELIS CONSIDERING EMIGRATION

Mon 10 August 2026:

A poll by Israel’s Kan public broadcaster on emigration from Israel found that one-third of respondents know someone who has left the country, while 12 per cent said the outcome of the next election could determine whether they stay in Israel or leave.

The issue of emigration from Israel, and concerns over a growing number of Israelis choosing to leave the country, is expected to be a key issue in the upcoming election.

In the Kan poll, published on Sunday evening, respondents were asked about their views on the issue. One-third said they knew someone who had left Israel over the past two years, while two-thirds said they did not.

Asked whether they had considered leaving Israel over the past two years, the vast majority, 82 per cent, said no. However, 18 per cent, or nearly one in five respondents, said they had considered leaving.

Regarding the election scheduled for October, 12 per cent of respondents said its outcome could affect their decision to remain in Israel, compared with about two-thirds who said the election result would not affect their decision. One-fifth said they did not know.

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268,000 Israelis emigrated

Around 268,000 Israelis left the country over the past three years, in a wave of departures that reached record levels since 2023, according to Israeli media on Monday.

The daily Yedioth Ahronoth said a new study by researchers from Tel Aviv University showed that the migration wave that began in 2023 reached record and worrying levels last year.

According to the study, 86,509 Israelis left the country for three consecutive months or more in 2023, followed by 91,499 in 2024 and 90,922 in 2025.

The figures represent record levels compared with previous years. Between 2013 and 2015, the number of long-term departures stood at around 183,219, the newspaper said.

The study found that nearly 270,000 Israelis left the country between 2023 and 2025, averaging around 90,000 people annually, compared with about 60,000 per year between 2010 and 2019.

Professor Itai Ater of Tel Aviv University’s Coller School of Management, who supervised the study, said the number of Israelis leaving for long periods is “deeply troubling.”

“The real danger lies in the loss of equilibrium and the possibility that emigration numbers will continue rising rather than remain at their current levels,” he warned.

The study’s findings show a disruption in the migration balance after years of relative stability, with a noticeable rise in the number of Israelis leaving the country, the newspaper said.

Yedioth Ahronoth also referred to a previous report that found a sharp increase in the number of doctors, PhD holders, engineers, academics and high-income earners leaving Israel.

“The Israeli economy is not rich in natural resources and relies heavily on high-quality human capital concentrated in the high-tech sector and other knowledge-intensive industries,” the paper said.

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