A special report by the Knesset Research and Information Center, prepared for a discussion in the Immigration and Absorption Committee on Israeli emigration, presents troubling numbers: Between 2020-2024, 145,900 more Israelis left the country than returned to it. In 2020, 34,000 Israelis left the country for the long term, and in 2021 - 43,400. In contrast, 32,500 and 23,600 returned to Israel in those years respectively. In 2022-2023, there was a surge in the number of Israelis leaving for the long term. In 2022, 59,400 Israelis emigrated, a 44% increase from the previous year, and in 2023, the figure reached 82,800 Israelis, a 39% increase from the previous year, with a significant increase in the number of departures in October 2023, following the outbreak of the war. The growth in the number of those leaving has continued in 2024.