Record Israeli emigration exposes deep crisis at heart of the Zionist project

Israel is facing an unprecedented wave of emigration, with more than 150,000 citizens leaving the country over the past two years, a development that analysts say poses a major structural challenge to the Zionist project and the state’s long-term viability. The scale, causes and political implications of this exodus were examined in detail in a recent report by +972 Magazine, which documented a growing loss of faith in the Israeli state among those choosing to leave. Drawing on official Israeli data, the report notes that emigration surged following the return of Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government and accelerated sharply after the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack and Israel’s subsequent genocidal assault on Gaza. For the first time since its establishment, Israel […]