‘We've given up on #Israel’: Disillusioned with #Netanyahu and the war in #Gaza, Israelis are fleeing
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Israel has seen emigration double since the attacks of October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza. While some are choosing to leave for security reasons, among those choosing exile are peace activists weary of war and feeling increasingly isolated amid their country's illiberal drift.
"I no longer felt safe. I felt like the climate made it very easy to attack left-wing protesters like us, even if they were Israeli citizens," he recalls.
Mordechai now lives with his wife and two sons, ages 9 and 10, in #Greece, one of the top destinations for emigrating Israelis, with tens of thousands of them making a home there. As immigrants to Greece, “in #Athens we are isolated,” he says. “But at least people are not openly hostile.”
