A survey by the Israel Democracy Institute found that 27 percent of Israelis are seriously considering reverse migration.

The study warned of a potential broad wave of emigration from the occupied territories and noted that the less religious respondents were, the more likely they were to consider leaving.

According to the polling data, among those contemplating departure, the largest share were secular Israelis at 39 percent, followed by traditional but secular Jews at 24 percent, traditional religious Jews at 19 percent, Orthodox Jews at 14 percent, and ultra-Orthodox Jews at 4 percent.

Among young secular Israelis, 60 percent said they might consider leaving the occupied lands, and that percentage rose to 80 percent among high-income individuals holding foreign passports.

The study reported that the most educated groups, higher- and middle-income workers, and those employed in globally mobile fields—including high-tech, medicine, and finance—were especially likely to consider abandoning the occupied territories.

As expected, Israelis with dual citizenship were more inclined than others to think about leaving. However, the findings also showed that a larger number of Israeli-born citizens (33 percent) were considering relocation compared with immigrants to Israel (22 percent).

The report further found that Israeli-born Jews with dual citizenship who had spent time abroad were even more likely to contemplate departure, with likelihood increasing the longer they had lived outside the regime.

Forty-two percent of respondents described the current situation in Israel as “bad,” compared with 8 percent who said it was “good” and 15 percent who rated it as “very good.”

Participants cited rising living costs, declining security, political instability and the belief that there is “no good future for my children” as primary reasons for considering emigration.

The European Union emerged as the most popular intended destination among those considering leaving the occupied territories at 43 percent, followed by North America and Canada at 27 percent.

The study concluded that the strongest factor keeping Israelis in the occupied lands was the desire to remain near family. If their relatives had already left in recent years, they were far more likely to depart as well.

Meanwhile, Zionist institutions continue to exert significant effort to attract new Jewish migrants to occupied Palestine.

Israel Hayom reported that a conference will be held in New York next week to discuss strategies for convincing more Jews to move to the occupied territories.

According to the report, proposals to bring one million new Jewish migrants over the next decade will be discussed, along with economic and demographic plans and expanded influence campaigns targeting Jewish communities abroad.

In a separate development, a Hebrew-language outlet reported that Israeli cities have increasingly become zones of armed criminal activity and violence.

The Ynet website described several cases of stray bullets striking residents who had no involvement in nearby confrontations.

Last week, 61-year-old Hadas Karmi was standing on her balcony when a projectile hit her back, penetrating her clothing and injuring her shoulder. It was later determined to be a bullet fired from a nearby neighborhood.

Another resident, a 31-year-old woman, told Ynet she heard a loud noise and collapsed, only later learning that she had been struck by a stray bullet. She added that it was not the first time gunfire had reached her home.

The report said many similar incidents have occurred in Pisgat Ze’ev, a northern Jerusalem al-Quds settlement with roughly 50,000 residents, where numerous cases of stray bullets have been recorded.

Although Israeli police attempt to blame Palestinians in neighboring areas, media outlets inside the regime acknowledge that the widespread distribution of weapons by national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the rise of armed Zionist criminal gangs are driving the escalating insecurity.