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.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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

Western democracy no longer knows how to protect its Jews, and the Jewish state no longer knows how to protect their democratic rights.

|BySEBASTIAN LEVI
Travelers at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 23, 2025.

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

The margin becomes even bigger with secular Jews, with 39% considering departing Israel, a number higher than the one registered among religious Jews.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
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

There’s so much good about Israel, but there are issues that prompt many olim to leave after a few years and prevent those Israelis abroad from deciding to come home.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Christians are both thriving, beleaguered in Israel

The population is succeeding at school and at work, but their numbers are barely growing.

DECEMBER 26, 2011ByDAVID ROSENBERG / THE MEDIA LINE
Latin Patriarch Twal gives communion in Bethlehem 311 (R)

An update on emigration and insults

DECEMBER 3, 2011ByIRA SHARKANSKY
The Jerusalem Post

Palestinians reveal emigration statistics for first time

Survey finds most leave for economic opportunities - not to escape the conflict.

JANUARY 2, 2011ByARIEH O'SULLIVAN / THE MEDIA LINE
The Jerusalem Post

Why Israelis emigrate

Those remaining in Israel are increasingly ethno-nationalists such as religious Zionists, Russians, traditional-minded Sephardim and Ethiopians.

DECEMBER 29, 2010ByJPOST EDITORIAL
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