Editing Israelis (section)

===Israeli diaspora===
{{See also|Yerida}}
Through the years, the majority of Israelis who emigrated from Israel went to the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

It is currently estimated that there are 330,000 native-born Israelis, including 230,000 Jews, living abroad, or even more.<ref>{{cite web|title=4. MIGRATION FROM ISRAEL|url=http://jppi.org.il/uploads/Migration_from_Israel.pdf|work=[[JPPI]]|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628135810/http://jppi.org.il/uploads/Migration_from_Israel.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The number of immigrants to Israel who later returned to their home countries or moved elsewhere is more difficult to calculate.

For many years definitive data on Israeli emigration was unavailable.<ref>Henry Kamm. "Israeli emigration inspires anger and fear;" ''New York Times'' 4 January 1981</ref> In ''The Israeli Diaspora'' sociologist Stephen J. Gold maintains that calculation of Jewish emigration has been a contentious issue, explaining, "Since Zionism, the philosophy that underlies the existence of the Jewish state, calls for return home of the world's Jews, the opposite movement – Israelis leaving the Jewish state to reside elsewhere – clearly presents an ideological and demographic problem."<ref>Stephen J. Gold. ''The Israeli Diaspora''; Routledge 2002, p.8</ref>

Among the most common reasons for emigration of Israelis from Israel are most often due to Israel's ongoing security issues, economic constraints, economic characteristics, disappointment in the Israeli government, as well as the excessive role of religion in the lives of Israelis.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

====United States====
{{See also|Israeli American}}
Many Israelis immigrated to the United States throughout the period of the [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|declaration of the state of Israel]] and until today. Today, the descendants of these people are known as Israeli-Americans.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} According to the [[2000 United States Census]], 106,839 Americans also hold Israeli citizenship, but the number of Americans of Israeli descent is around half a million.<ref name=jj-pop>{{cite news|last=PINI HERMAN|title=Rumors of mass Israeli emigration are much exaggerated|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/rumors_of_mass_israeli_emigration_are_much_exaggerated_20120425|access-date=3 October 2013|newspaper=[[Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]|date=25 April 2012|archive-date=28 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828112316/http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/rumors_of_mass_israeli_emigration_are_much_exaggerated_20120425|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lahav 2005 89">{{Cite book | author = Gallya Lahav | author2 = Asher Arian | title = 'Israelis in a Jewish diaspora: The multiple dilemmas of a globalized group' in International Migration and the Globalization of Domestic Politics ed. Rey Koslowski | place = London | publisher = Routledge | year = 2005 | pages = 89 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SG3ZXGZ_VvUC&q=Gallya+Lahav+and+Asher+Arian+Diaspora&pg=RA1-PA83 | isbn = 0-415-25815-4 | access-date = 1 November 2020 | archive-date = 28 September 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230928154826/https://books.google.com/books?id=SG3ZXGZ_VvUC&q=Gallya+Lahav+and+Asher+Arian+Diaspora&pg=RA1-PA83 | url-status = live }}</ref>

==== Russia ====
Moscow has the largest single Israeli [[expatriate]] community in the world, with 80,000 Israeli citizens living in the city as of 2014, almost all of them native Russian-speakers.<ref name="lubavitch.com"/><ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/.premium-1.575660 Russian-born Israelis chase capitalist dreams to Moscow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212091930/http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/.premium-1.575660 |date=12 February 2015 }} By Ofer Matan, 21 February 2014, Haaretz</ref> Many Israeli cultural events are hosted for the community, and many live part of the year in Israel. (To cater to the Israeli community, [[Cultural center|Israeli cultural centres]] are located in [[Moscow]], [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Novosibirsk]] and [[Yekaterinburg]].)<ref>[http://il4u.org.il/icc Israeli cultural centers (News)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722095000/http://il4u.org.il/icc |date=22 July 2019 }} http://il4u.org.il/icc</ref>

====Canada====
{{See also|Israeli Canadian}}
Many Israelis immigrated to Canada throughout the period of the [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|declaration of the state of Israel]] and until today. Today, the descendants of these people are known as Israeli-Canadians.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} According to the [[Canada 2006 Census]] as many as 21,320 Israelis lived in Canada in 2006.<ref name="www40.statcan.gc.ca">[http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo24a-eng.htm Immigrant population by place of birth and period of immigration (2006 Census)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309165723/http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo24a-eng.htm |date=9 March 2012 }}, Statistics Canada</ref>

====United Kingdom====
{{See also|Israelis in the United Kingdom}}
Many Israelis immigrated to the United Kingdom throughout and since the period of the [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|declaration of the state of Israel]]. Today, the descendants of these people are known as Israeli-British.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|United Kingdom 2001 Census]], as many as 11,892 Israelis lived in the United Kingdom in 2001. The majority live in [[London]].{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}