Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

When people feel that so much is at stake, they are willing to put their money and their time and their effort to come from abroad and vote in this election.

According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, more than 800,000 Israeli citizens who live abroad are eligible voters.

That's about 10% of all voters.

Israel does not allow absentee voting, and this year an estimated 60,000 to 80,000 flew in just to vote.

There is a wave of immigration.

The Central Bureau of Statistics shows that there has been a rise in Israelis leaving the country.

And the expectation of... figures in the opposition is if they lose the election and Netanyahu is reelected with this government, that those numbers will only increase.

You painted a picture where a lot is on the line.

A small but steadily increasing stream of immigrants has arrived from North America.

The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics indicates that about 16,000 Canadians, Jewish Canadians, have made aliyah since the establishment of the state in 1948.

16,000.

The Canadians are still, Canadian Jews are still moving here.

Then there is demography.

On the eve of Israel's Independence Day in 2026, the country's population stood at 10 million, including 7.8 million people, classified by the Central Bureau of Statistics as Jews and Others.

Israel's population has grown more than 12-fold since independence.

Israel also remains the only OECD country with fertility above replacement level.

Before we talk about Aliyah and bringing Jews to Israel, I want to talk a second about the opposite phenomenon of Yerida.

The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded over 82,000 long-term immigrants in 2024.

About a third of the number returned.

In 2025, we had 70,000 people leaving the country, only 20,000 returning.