Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeHagai Agmon-Snir. "We can't help but covet the next hilltop." Credit: Olivier Fitoussi Former brain researcher Hagai Agmon-Snir is behind a raft of initiatives to promote tolerance between Israelis and Palestinians, but he now has a one-way ticket to Italy. For him, Israel has become hopelessNir Hasson03:43 AM • July 18 2026 IDT"That's it," Hagai Agmon-Snir wrote to me on WhatsApp last month. "On July 21, if there's no objection from the Houthis and the Iranians, we're flying one-way on an immigration visa."Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:ZionismJerusalemEast JerusalemPalestiniansUltra-OrthodoxIsrael-Gaza WarJudicial coupCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel NewsStrait of HormuzIranMahmoud AhmadinejadRo Khanna Moody'sIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryU.S. Strikes Iran for Seventh Night as Gulf Tensions EscalateIsraeli Settlers Filmed Taking Palestinians' Livestock Under IDF ProtectionShin Bet Chief Demands Access to Airport Facial Images Database Without ApprovalNew Poll Puts Netanyahu Bloc at Lowest Point YetRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteEisenkot Is Quietly Gaining Ground in Likud Territory. Enough to Beat Netanyahu?Ro Khanna, U.S. Lawmaker & Israel Critic, Says West Bank Settlers 'Detained' HimI Joined Rep. Ro Khanna on His West Bank Visit. Here's What I Saw