Israel suffers record emigration wave, with almost 270,000 leaving since 2023

Israel suffers record emigration wave, with almost 270,000 leaving since 2023 Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Tue, 08/04/2026 - 13:19 Tel Aviv University study finds emigration running well above the last decade's average, with lawmakers blaming the war on Gaza and the 'regime coup' for driving Israelis abroad A demonstrator dressed as Donald Trump holds a puppet depicting Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv last week, in protest at violent attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the West Bank (AFP) Off Close to 270,000 Israeli citizens have left the country since 2023, marking the highest emigration levels in Israel's history, according to a new study by researchers at Tel Aviv University. The study, reported by Haaretz, found that roughly 90,000 Israelis left the country for three months or more in each year between 2023 and 2025. That annual average is well above the roughly 60,000 who emigrated each year between 2010 and 2019.