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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

emigration

Illustrative: The Israeli flag flies over a a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam, Thursday Dec. 7, 2017 (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
January 15, 2025, 5:17 pm
Dutch Jewry is growing slowly — but only thanks to Israeli migration
New report finds that without the steady influx of Israelis moving to the Netherlands, population of about 35,000 Jews would gradually decline
By Zev Stub
Michal Harel, left, and her husband show the website they set up to help Israelis navigate a move to Canada, in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, December 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)
December 20, 2024, 3:06 pm
For thousands of Jews, Israel doesn’t feel safe after Oct. 7 — so they’re leaving
Leading demographer says 2024 may be rare year where more people leave Israel than move there; some still grapple with stigma: ‘My God, are we really doing this?’
By AP and ToI Staff
Passengers look at a departure board at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, as flights are canceled and delayed because of a massive surprise attack by Hamas, on October 7, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
July 19, 2024, 3:44 am
Data shows post-Oct. 7 emigration surge from Israel, which has since stabilized
More Israelis were already moving abroad mid-2023 compared to previous year, but departures spiked after Hamas-led attack, before quickly going back down in following months
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a message on Israel's war with Hamas, January 10, 2024. (Video screenshot)
January 10, 2024, 11:30 pm
Netanyahu: Let me be clear — Israel has no intention of displacing Gaza’s population
PM says IDF will also not permanently occupy the Strip; Likud MK: Netanyahu told me he’d like Gaza voluntary migration but is under US pressure
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Palestinians walk after fleeing from their homes in Gaza City to the southern part of Gaza, November 11, 2023. (Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
January 4, 2024, 4:46 pm
UN, EU, Arab states heap condemnation on far-right calls for Gazan emigration
UN human rights chief says he’s ‘very disturbed’ over repeated comments by Ben Gvir, Smotrich; Qatar, Saudi Arabia slam idea as violation of international law
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinians fleeing Gaza City towards the southern areas walk on a road in the Strip on November 7, 2023. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
January 4, 2024, 12:56 pm
Likud minister slams Smotrich, Ben Gvir’s ‘unrealistic’ call for Gazan emigration
‘It’s clear that the international community won’t accept it,’ argues Miki Zohar in response to calls for ‘voluntary’ resettlement of Palestinians; Shasha-Biton also condemns plan
By Sam Sokol
Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich (right) and Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
January 3, 2024, 4:01 am
US slams ‘irresponsible’ calls by Smotrich and Ben Gvir for emigration of Gazans
State Dept issues rare, unprompted critique of ministers by name, days after Biden pressed PM to rein in far-right partners; Ben Gvir unfazed: ‘We are not another star in the US flag’
By Jacob Magid
Some Israelis are trying to leave the country over the political upheaval there, according to accounts from Israelis and organizations that help them emigrate. (Collage by Grace Yagel via JTA)
March 21, 2023, 9:08 am
‘My home is being undone’: Alarmed by Israel’s direction, more citizens weigh leaving
‘Who am I to fight against what the majority has accepted?’ asks one, as coalition’s judicial overhaul advances; emigration facilitator sees 4-fold inquiry increase over last year
By Deborah Danan
Illustrative: New immigrants to Israel stepping off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport. (Courtesy Nefesh B'Nefesh/via JTA)
December 21, 2019, 11:45 pm
Past decade saw over a quarter million immigrants to Israel from 150 countries
More people make aliyah in 2019 than in the last 10 years; Russia leads way with decade’s most immigrants, followed by Ukraine, France, US and Ethiopia
By ToI Staff
New immigrants from North America after disembarking from an El Al flight at Ben Gurion Airport, August 14, 2019. (Flash90)
December 16, 2019, 6:19 pm
Immigration to Israel surging, asylum seekers no longer arriving — state report
Central Bureau of Statistics says Israel on pace for 20% increase in immigration; over 3 million have moved to Israel since 1949, though many have left
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Palestinians gather at the Rafah border crossing as they wait to travel into Egypt after the passage was opened for three days for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip April 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)
August 20, 2019, 9:59 pm
PA: Israel’s encouragement of Gaza emigration ‘extremely dangerous’
Resident of Gaza City says Palestinians leaving coastal enclave because of lack of jobs; World Health Organization official says doctors departing Strip at increasing rate
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinians wait to travel to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
August 19, 2019, 9:25 pm
Israel actively pushing Palestinian emigration from Gaza, official says
Senior official says Jerusalem looking for other countries to take in emigres, willing to let Gazans use Israeli airport to leave
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative image of a man at an airport/travel (Chalabala; iStock by Getty Images)
June 5, 2019, 2:54 pm
Losing our best minds: Startup Nation sees brain drain, fall in productivity
For every graduate who returns to Israel, 4.5 emigrate; ‘exceptionally small’ number of people responsible for propelling the economy, report says; also warns of growing inequality
By Shoshanna Solomon
Bethlehem's Manger Square on December 24, 2018. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
December 25, 2018, 1:49 am
Thousands celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem with waning Christian Palestinians
Community makes up less than 1% of West Bank and Gaza population, according to PA; in past 50 years, thousands have emigrated, Lutheran pastor says
By Adam Rasgon
Ofra Daniel
April 19, 2018, 3:21 pm
Ofra Daniel
How we Israeli ex-pats relate to our homeland
We never quite realized we were actually moving out, but we find that loving you from afar is possible
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