Newspaper: Twice as Many Israelis Migrating in 2024

Date: 12 October 2024 - 22:30

News ID: ۱۳۲۳۱۶

WEST BANK (Dispatches) –
Israeli data revealed a sharp increase in immigration from the Israeli-occupied territories abroad since the beginning of the year, reaching a level three times more than the immigration rates prior to the war.
Israel’s Maariv newspaper reported that the first seven months of the year witnessed the immigration of 40,000 Israelis, equivalent to three times the immigration rates before the war, as 2,000 more people immigrate monthly than the rates from previous years.
Moreover, nearly one million Israelis have obtained foreign passports in recent years as an insurance policy in the event of a comprehensive war.
Regarding financial transfers abroad, the newspaper reported that Israelis transferred $7 billion abroad in deposits during the first seven months.
The newspaper also described this as a “brain drain”, as the immigrants included doctors, scientists, pharmacists and high-tech experts after being presented with attractive offers to work for foreign companies.
According to a poll last week, some 86% of Zionist settlers are scared to live in settlements near the border with the Gaza Strip after the end of the current Israeli war on the Palestinian enclave.
The poll, conducted by the Israeli public broadcaster KAN and included 600,000 Israelis, found that only 14% of respondents said they would consider living in areas adjacent to Gaza.
According to the survey, just 27% of Israelis believe the Zionist regime has “won the war against Hamas,” while 35% think it has “lost.” The remainder were unsure.
Opinions varied significantly between supporters of the ruling coalition and opposition voters. Among coalition voters, 47% felt Israel had won, while 48% of opposition voters believed the regime had lost.
Respondents were also asked if they personally knew someone who had died in the war or in the Oct. 7 attack. 12% reported losing a family member or close friend, and 36% said they knew someone who had died.
The Zionist regime has continued its brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip since last Oct. 7, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Nearly 41,900 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 97,100 others injured, according to local health authorities.
The Zionist regime’s onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.
The regime faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.