in terms of the high level of departures in 2004, that also corresponds to when the israeli economy was at perhaps its lowest point since the early 50s due to a combination of structural adjustment policies and the Intifada.
On Aug 2, 2006, at 9:25 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> On Aug 3, 2006, at 12:18 AM, Jesse Lemisch wrote:
>
>> I appreciate the responses but wish for some generalization. Are
>> people
>> saying that there is significant migration from Israel to the US?
>> If so,
>> why: why are they leaving? Is it easy for them to get into the US?
>> Are
>> people leaving Israel for other destinations? And please recall my
>> original
>> posting, concerning emigration as possibly some pre-political
>> expression,
>> people who perhaps approve of Israeli aggressiveness but more and
>> more don't
>> want to live with its fruits. Or is this a misreading?
>
> Met an Israeli hedge fund guy the other day - smart, worldly,
> cynical, thought the invasion of Lebanon is a disaster. He used to
> divide his time between Tel Aviv & NYC - now he's here.
>
> From the Israeli bizpeople on the UWS I've talked to, they were
> sick of the economy, sick of Histadrut, sick of war.
>
> <http://www.cabalamat.org/weblog/art_428.html>
>
>
> According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (see http://
> www.cbs.gov.il/yarhon/e1_e.htm) here is the balance of movement of
> Jews into Israel (immigrants and potential immigrants plus Israelis
> entering, minus Israelis leaving):
> 1995: +32K
> 1996: +50K
> 1997: +22K
> 1998: +46K
> 1999: +47K
> 2000: +38K
> 2001: +23K
> 2002: +12K
> 2003: - 9K
> first 2 months of 2004: -13K !!
> Perhaps for the first time in Israel's history, the flow of Jewish
> immigration has reversed. Israel is now a net exporter of Jews to
> the diaspora. Extrapolating from the first two months of 2004, it
> is likely that the numbers for the whole of 2004 and 2005 will be
> at least -50K, larger in magnitude (but opposite in direction) than
> the average annual immigration into Israel in the previous decade.
>
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