Close to 270,000 Israelis have emigrated over the past three years, with departures accelerating to roughly 91,500 in 2024 alone, according to a Tel Aviv University study drawing on national statistics data. Experts warn that those leaving are disproportionately wealthy, highly educated, and younger — the very demographic Israel's technology-driven economy depends on — driven by concerns over the government's rightward shift, judicial reforms, and the open-ended conflicts following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack. Opposition parliamentarian Gilad Kariv has called the trend a national "tsunami," cautioning that the sustained brain drain threatens Israel's long-term economic and political stability in ways not seen during previous, shorter-lived waves of emigration.