Israel is confronting a migration shock that goes beyond statistics, with a record surge in departures alongside a slowdown in aliyah, and the trend carries strategic, economic, and moral consequences the country can no longer ignore. It is a test of our social contract today.Recent briefings to the Knesset have described tens of thousands of citizens spending long periods abroad, fewer returnees, and immigration totals easing after the post-Ukraine spike. A senior lawmaker captured the mood