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There is hardly any long-standing ethos dear to the country and society that the current Israeli government has failed to damage or destroy. Recent data released by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics reveals that since the current coalition government was formed three years ago, 200,000 people have left the country, with the number growing exponentially year on year. The Jewish state was formed to be a safe home for Jews and to enable modern Judaism to evolve and prosper. However, during Benjamin Netanyahu’s sixth government, Israel has become the least safe place for Jews, while ideologically regressive forces are in power which risk the entire Zionist project.
The figures reveal only part of the story. It is what motivates those who decide to leave that tells the whole story. To begin with, while Jews comprise around 75 percent of the population, more than 90 percent of those who leave are Jewish. The simple reality is that there are segments of the Jewish population that are in despair about almost every aspect of life in Israel and their prospects there. In a survey this month by the Israel Democracy Institute, both Jews and Arabs expressed pessimism about the future of the democratic system, national security, and the economy, and expressed fear over the lack of social cohesion, without which any society is in danger of disintegrating.
