From the Palestine Chronicle Staff

Between December 2023 and the end of September 2024, Canada approved 3,425 temporary work visas for Israelis out of 3,705 applications.

An estimated 10,000 Israelis have immigrated to Canada this year amid the genocidal war raging in Gaza, Haaretz daily reported.

A total of 7,850 Israelis applied for and received a work visa in 2024 – a figure five times higher than the previous year, the Hebrew newspaper reported. said. In 2023, 1,585 Israelis received work visas in Canada, compared to 1,505 applicants the previous year.

Haaretz: More than 10,000 Israelis have migrated to Canada this year

— Press TV (@PressTV) November 15, 2024

Some of the Israelis immigrating to Canada bring their wives and children with them, so “more than ten thousand” Israelis are estimated to have immigrated to Canada this year, the newspaper said.

Work permits

The main motivations for this migration include a growing loss of trust in the political system, heightened conflict, a declining sense of security, perceived social injustices and the belief that the government is failing to address critical issues, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reported, citing Haaretz.

‘The magic is out’ – $7 billion transferred abroad as emigration levels triple to Israel

According to data provided by the Canadian Ministry of Immigration, Haaretz said that between December 2023 and the end of September 2024, Canada approved 3,425 temporary work visas for Israelis out of 3,705 applications.

In addition to the three-year temporary visa, Canada approved 4,424 regular work permits for Israelis, including extensions for expired work visas, between last December and September 30.

Returning numbers down

Earlier this week, news site YNet reported that data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) revealed “an increase in the number of Israelis choosing to leave the country even before the outbreak of war.”

The report said that, according to the Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research, “based on CBS data, there was a 42 percent spike in Israelis choosing to live outside Israel’s borders in the months after the current coalition received Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came. in power and during his legislative efforts to change the balance of power between the branches of government, 24,900 left compared to 17,520.”

“At the same time, the number of Israelis who returned after living abroad fell 7 percent from the past decade’s average of 12,214, with only 11,300 returning in the same time frame from 2023,” the report added .

A little bit of good news amid the apocalypse that the usurping Zionist entity is unleashing in Gaza: “Israel is facing a record emigration, with 40,600 people leaving this year, numbers the country has never seen before.”

— Asa Winstanley (@AsaWinstanley) October 13, 2024

In September, the Hebrew website Walla, quoted by MEMO, said that during the ongoing war, approximately 31,000 Jews moved to Israel, coming from over 100 different countries; a 50 percent decrease from the previous year when 46,000 new immigrants arrived in the country.

The website says that according to data published by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and the Jewish Agency, about 19,850 Jews came from Russia, followed by the United States and Canada with 3,340 immigrants, France 1,820, Ukraine 980 and Belarus 795.

At the same time, the Jerusalem Post reported that there was a 42% drop in the number of new immigrant arrivals in the first eight months of 2024 compared to the same period last year.

(PC, MEMO)