Fed up with Netanyahu, more Israelis seek European passports
The number of Israelis seeking European passports has increased considerably in a trend that has continued even after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement.
TEL AVIV — High numbers of Israelis are seeking foreign passports, a trend that started after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the 2022 elections and has been ramping up since.
While not all Israelis seeking foreign passports necessarily intend to emigrate, data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Oct. 27 show that in 2024, 82,000 Israelis permanently left the country, the highest number ever registered and almost twice the figure from 2022, which was 42,000.
The CBS defined citizens who spent 275 days in a year abroad, including 90 days uninterrupted, as Israelis who left the country.
The report notes that the number of Israelis leaving continued to increase between January and September of this year.
