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A recent official Knesset report showed a sharp decline in the number of Israelis returning to Israel in recent years, alongside a rise in the number of those leaving the country, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday, Anadolu reports. “The wave of hostility towards Israel in the world and the sense of belonging could have led to an increase in the number of Israelis returning, despite the war,” the newspaper said citing a report by the Knesset Research and Information Center The report comes amid widespread public and official anger toward Israel around the world over its US-backed genocidal war on Gaza since Oct. 8, 2023. The genocide has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians and injured over 174,000, most of them women and […]
