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Data shows immigration from Israeli-occupied lands hit record levels in 2025

Monday, 03 August 2026 3:44 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 03 August 2026 3:44 PM ]

This file picture shows passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport in the Israeli-occupied territories.

A new report says an unprecedented wave of immigration from the Israeli-occupied territories, fueled by ongoing political instability, economic woes and protracted military confrontations across West Asia, has persisted without interruption throughout 2025.

Data from an analysis of Central Bureau of Statistics data by Tel Aviv University researchers finds that 90,922 people left the occupied lands for three consecutive months or more last year.

The figure followed 91,499 who left for extended periods in 2024, and 86,509 in 2023.

In comparison, the average number of annual departures was approximately 60,000 each year during the decade from 2010 to 2019.

In contrast, during the three-year period a decade earlier, from 2013 to 2015, only 183,219 settlers departed for comparable durations.

The research was conducted by Prof. Itai Ater of the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University; Prof. Nittai Bergman of the Tel Aviv University School of Economics; and Doron Zamir, a doctoral candidate at the Coller School of Management.

“The figures tell a gloomy story,” Ater said. “I fear that more and more people, among them doctors, tech workers, and academics, no longer see Israel as their home or are in serious doubt about the matter. Many are waiting to see what happens in the election. My children serve in the army, I’m worried. So we’re ringing all the bells.”

‘Entire emigration movement’: 200,000 Israeli settlers leave since 2023

Israeli opposition chief warns that the regime has faced an unprecedented wave of negative migration, with roughly 200,000 settlers having left the occupied territories since the onset of genocide on Gaza.

Over the past two years, Israel has experienced an unusual and considerable net migration deficit, characterized by a greater number of individuals departing from the occupied territories than those arriving.

According to Sergio Della Pergola, a prominent expert on Jewish demographics, there have only been specific times during the 1950s and 1980s when the number of Jews immigrating to the occupied lands exceeded the number of those departing.

Data from CBS reveals that during 2024 and 2025, almost 50,000 more individuals left the Israeli-usurped territories than those who arrived to live there.

Historically, a significant portion of Israel's emigration has been characterized by the quest for improved economic prospects overseas. Nevertheless, a considerable number of individuals departing from the occupied lands currently cite discontent with the administration as the primary reason for their choices.

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