Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: While the intensification of reverse migration among Zionists was one of the first direct results of the Al-Aqsa Storm battle, Zionist media reported the expansion of Israeli immigration from occupied Palestine and a decrease in the rate of Zionist population growth.
The Hebrew Walla website announced in this regard that the rate of Israeli population growth decreased significantly in 2024, from 1.6 percent in 2023 to 1.1 percent.
According to this report, the decrease in the rate of Israeli population growth is often due to the increase in reverse migration rates due to the difficult security situation.
The aforementioned Zionist media outlet emphasized: In 2024, about 82,700 Israelis left here (Occupied Palestine) and 23,800 returned to Israel (Occupied Palestine). In addition, the number of new immigrants to Israel (Occupied Palestine) has decreased by about 15,000.
According to the definitions of the Central Bureau of Statistics of the Zionist regime, an immigrant is someone who stays abroad for at least 9 months after leaving Occupied Palestine.
On the other hand, the Knesset Studies Center (Israeli Parliament) announced in a research it conducted: The number of people who decided to emigrate from Israel (Occupied Palestine) between 2009 and 2021 was an average of about 36,000 people per year.
According to Tasnim, according to this research, the rate of Israeli immigration has increased significantly since 2022, and the number of those who immigrated has increased to 55,300, which is a 46% increase compared to the previous year. However, this figure increased by 50% in 2024, reaching 82,700.
Accordingly, in 2022, young people between the ages of 20 and 39 accounted for 40% of those who left Israel (Occupied Palestine). However, regarding immigration to Israel (Occupied Palestine), information shows that between 2019 and 2023, about 200,000 immigrants entered, but this rate saw a 31% decrease in 2024; where in 2023, about 47,000 people entered Occupied Palestine, but this rate reached 32,000 in 2024.
In this regard, "Ovid Forer," a member of the Zionist Knesset, announced that the incidents related to the October 7, 2023 attack and "anti-Semitism" have led to a decrease in immigration to Israel (Occupied Palestine), and most of the people who immigrated here are from former Soviet countries.
He added: "The number of immigrants from Western countries to Israel (Occupied Palestine) is lower than expected due to problems, especially in the field of employment."
The Zionist newspaper Jerusalem Post stated in this regard: "The high number of immigrants indicates a decrease in Israelis' trust in the cabinet and the army. It is noteworthy that even most Israelis who have extreme right-wing tendencies have lost their trust in the army and the cabinet."
The Zionist economic newspaper Globus also pointed out an important issue in a report and emphasized: "Current numbers and statistics on reverse immigration of Israelis do not yet show the full impact of the current war." Whatever the final outcome of this war, it is likely to have further negative consequences for the Israeli economy, politics and society.
According to the report, after the war, Israel will enter a fierce political war. In addition, Israel will find itself in the midst of a large set of all-encompassing economic challenges, not the least of which is a large budget deficit; an issue that will inevitably lead to increased taxes, austerity, cuts to public services, etc., and these issues could force many Israelis to decide to emigrate permanently.
The Zionist media added: Israeli officials often prefer to turn a blind eye to the growing phenomenon of reverse migration, the Israeli authorities’ ignoring of this phenomenon is a long-standing issue and they never talk about it. For example, in schools, Israeli students learn a lot about the large migrations to Israel, but no one tells students anything about the large wave of reverse migration from here.
The aforementioned Hebrew media added: These same cover-ups have caused the phenomenon of reverse migration to intensify in silence; Especially in a tense atmosphere like the one after October 7, because no one wants to live in a society that is terrified.
The Forward, an American Jewish newspaper, conducted an investigation into immigration planning inside occupied Palestine, in which it examined the effects of the October 7 operation on Israelis’ decision to emigrate.
Sarah Mann, the newspaper’s 55-year-old editor-in-chief who lives in Tel Aviv, said about the troubled situation of the Zionists: “The social contract in Israel has been broken, we are the ones who live in these conditions, we are forced to pay taxes here, we are the ones who have to send our children to the army and endure all the risks and fatigue, so we expect protection and security from the cabinet, but it is quite clear that the cabinet and the army have failed, and the Israeli security doctrine has also failed. Our question is; why did the cabinet betray us and why was there no security on the Gaza borders?”
In general, the phenomenon of reverse migration has existed among Zionists for decades and is not related solely to the aftermath of Operation Storm Al-Aqsa; however, this trend intensified in the phase following this operation.