Emigration

Lessons from Iran’s brain drain: Expert warns emigration puts Israel’s security at risk

According to Barak Gonen, Tehran lost the technological advantage it once held largely due to emigration, with the number of Iranian students abroad reaching a record high in 2024.

Global antisemitism is spurring some immigration to Israel, but more people left the country in the past two years than arrived.
 An El Al flight takes off at Ben-Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024

Double temptation of exodus: Diaspora Jews mull aliyah as Israelis consider leaving - opinion

Travelers at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 23, 2025.

Nearly quarter of Israeli public would consider moving overseas, IDI survey reveals

A man waves an Israeli flag as family and supporters gather on the day former Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot returns home after leaving the hospital, following his release from captivity in Gaza, in Mevaseret Zion, Israel, October 19, 2025

Has Israel lost the ideals of its founding fathers? - editorial


Musician John Legend says Americans will leave the US if Trump reelected

"I think [Trump's] handling of the pandemic has been embarrassing to the entire nation and has caused so much loss of life that was preventable," he said.

John Legend performs before the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game, February 1, 2015

Palestinian planned city founder aims to face settlements with innovation

Aal-Ard initiative hopes to help Palestinians stay on their lands, fight emigration

A Palestinian laborer works on a construction site in the new Palestinian town dubbed Rawabi or "The Hills", near the West Bank city of Ramallah

Israelis look to Inquisition roots to get Portuguese passports

The citizenship application takes around two years. Some 20 percent are approved.

Gates, passport control and toilets signs are seen at Lisbon's airport, Portugal June 24, 2016.

Canada denies Arab media report it will take in 100,000 Palestinians

According to the report, Canada would receive 100,000 Palestinians from Lebanon and Syria, and Spain would receive 16,000 Palestinians from Lebanon, alongside similar agreements with Belgium and Fran

Hollywood actress and social activist Susan Sarandon walks with Mariam Shaar, a Palestinian entrepreneur in Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon March 4, 2019.

Israel’s emigration a cause for concern

While “brain drain” or human capital flight, is not a solely Israeli problem, new figures published Tuesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics show cause for concern.

An El Al plane in Ben Gurion Airport

Jpost Editorial: Emigration worries

Israel’s retention rate is all the more amazing considering the fact that Israel produces more scientists, engineers and hi-tech workers per capita than most other Western countries.

Dozens file into Rabin Square October 14 to learn about how to emigrate to Berlin

How different are we?

The Jerusalem Post

The humanitarian solution - Responding to readers - Part II

Into the Fray: It would be intriguing to see how ‘sumud’ stands up to chance of better life and compensation worth two centuries of current GDP per capita.

Palestinian protesters (370)

Here we go again, on emigration

The Jerusalem Post

Migration from Greece, Israel, and elsewhere

The Jerusalem Post