Current sectionOpinionShare 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 formatSubscribeNearly 1,400 doctors have left Israel in three years. Among them are colleagues I would trust with my children's lives. They want to stay, but no longer believe they can build a normal life hereSeptember 07, 2026"I just can't take this anymore." A close friend, a senior physician who heads a hospital unit, said this to me about a month ago, after closing the clinic door so we could speak alone. He and his wife, also a doctor, are packing up their home. In a few months, they will move to New Zealand with their children.In the NewsNetanyahu Tries to Run From Oct. 7, Making His Culpability a Key Election IssueIran Launches Heavy Overnight Attacks on Ships in Gulf, Missiles at JordanU.K. Heralds New Reality That Won't End With NetanyahuNetanyahu's Likud Party Files Knesset Slate, Includes PM's Handpicked CandidatesFor Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Voting Has Become an Expression of FearRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security Chiefs'Piece of Shit': U.S. Senator Urges Ben-Gvir Ban After Emaciated Prisoner VideoThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Water Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of DestructionWhat Did Netanyahu Really Do on the Morning of October 7?
Opinion | Israel's exodus of doctors isn't a brain drain. It's a hope drain
Nearly 1,400 doctors have left Israel in three years. Among them are colleagues I would trust with my children's lives. They want to stay, but no longer believe they can build a normal life here










