Haaretz recently published a piece claiming that 40% of Israelis are considering leaving the country, based on a handful of interviews and a survey. What the article fails to mention is how many Israelis have returned—and how many Jews have made Aliyah. Yes, around 60,000 Jews have left, but not all due to the war. Migration during times of crisis is not unusual. It doesn’t signal Israel’s collapse, despite what some Arab media outlets are implying. For context, let’s look at Lebanon and Syria: According to the UN, nearly 780,000 people are internally displaced in Lebanon as of October 2024. In just two weeks, over 326,000 people left Lebanon, and about 276,000 crossed into Syria, including both Syrians and Lebanese. These numbers remind us that instability is a regional issue—not an Israeli one alone. #haaretz #Israel #Jews #TelAviv #MiddleEastMagic
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