by Andrea Tucci,
More than 82.000 Israelis have left the country in 2024 meanwhile the brutal war on Gaza continue.
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics reported in 2024, that 82.700 individuals left Israel while only 23.800 returned.
Although the bureau did not state specific reasons for the exodus, previous reports have linked the departures to Israel’s ongoing wars in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and now Yemen.
In September, the bureau disclosed partial information that 40.600 Israelis had left rise compared to the same period in 2023, when 25.500 departed.
The brain drain of people, often highly skilled doctors and professionals, highlights a trend among Israel’s elite, who increasingly believe they have no future in the country. Without them, Israel’s own future could hang in the balance.
Last month Avi Steinberg, an Israeli-born author, said that he had formally renounced his Israeli citizenship.
Justifying his decision Steinberg said that Israeli citizenship had “always been a tool of genocide” that legitimised settler colonialism.
One of the countries Israelis have been heading to is Germany.
In the first nine months of 2024 a record 18.448 Israelis sought German citizenship i, according to Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior, more than double the 9.178 applications submitted in 2023 and far surpassing the 5.705 from 2022.
The sharp rise in departures further underscores growing disillusionment with Israel, as its devastating war on Gaza and internal Israeli political crises drive many to seek stability abroad.
The whole scenario It reflects a profound societal and ideological crisis and raises questions about the future governance of Israel, especially in light of the far right’s continued judicial overhaul efforts. This existential crisis comes at a time when Israel also claims to want actively reshaping regional realities.
Its actions include: pushing territorial boundaries into Lebanon despite agreements with Hezbollah for withdrawal, encroaching on southern Syria amid the Assad government’s collapse, and systematically deepening its foothold in Gaza.
While Israeli consensus broadly supports the Gaza genocide, the public has yet to fully grasp the long-term costs of taking this path. The gaps between Israel’s leadership and its public are more than political they reveal fundamental cracks within Zionism itself.
The political strategy driven by revenge not only fractures Israeli society but also risks devastating international consequences, . Fifteen months into this war, Israeli society is beginning to understand the price it must pay. Israelis now face a deteriorating standard of living: economic austerity measures in the 2025 budget, international boycotts and global disgust with Israeli society.
Zionism once promised security, economic prosperity and Jewish unity.
Today, the shift toward messianic right-wing policies has created an unbridgeable divide between what Zionism promises and what it delivers.
