Whole communities, including public representatives, oppose Israelis who choose to leave the country ("depart").
They feel betrayed, see leaving as abandonment and oppose emotional or financial investment in Israelis in the Diaspora.
Anger causes blindness.
There is an expectation that the Israelis in the Diaspora will make up for their absence by doing, promoting and giving for those who fill their lack in Israel.
But the Israelis in the Diaspora constitute a formidable PR array for Israel, donors and workers. And as in any unequal relationship, cracks form, especially among the second generation.
Those who have assimilated into a new culture are not connected to Israeli reality, culture or being.
This high-quality resource is being missed, because there is no defined, organized and structured strategy for preserving their attachment to Israel.
On October 7, this discussion became even more acute.
A survey we conducted testified that the ground was also dropped from under the feet of the Israelis living in the Diaspora.
Unlike in Israel - they did not have the communalism that lifted and strengthened them.
In their natural environment they encountered alienation, distance or dislike, and even manifestations of anti-Semitism.
Foreignness was externalized, identity was blurred.
According to the survey, as the voices against Israel grew stronger, their sense of loss of personal security intensified, and they found themselves as satellites without a docking station.
A formidable force that is cut off and distant, only because the state did not know how to cultivate ties and support them.
On the other hand, the sober voices are heard, voices that understand that Israelis also move in the world.
That the departure does not come from a place of wanting to hurt or shun the country, but rather from looking for challenges and a desire to improve the family's quality of life.
These voices understand the perception of Israelis as a resource, and know that in order to connect - it is important to invest in strengthening the connection.
The solution is not complex: the state must find ways to create a partnership between Israel and the Israelis who chose not to live there.
An aid and support system based on a liberal-secular Israeli heritage is needed: cultural centers with a global layout that will deal with building a community, increasing the sense of personal security, providing language and culture adapted support, exposure to Israeli culture in all its shades and layers, and strengthening the connection of the younger generation to Israel through supplementary schools for education .
The sober voices are heard, voices that understand that the Israelis also move in the world.
That the departure does not come from a place of wanting to hurt or shun the country, but rather from looking for challenges and a desire to improve the family's quality of life.
These voices understand the perception of the Israelis as a resource, and know that in order to connect - it is important to invest in strengthening the connection
The result that will be obtained will be the creation of a solid global Israeli leadership, and the establishment of Israel as an integral part of the children's lives, out of familiarity and belonging.
A docking station where you can be Israeli, even if you don't live in Israel.
The obstacle in implementation is not objective.
Initial initial capital is required, and from there the community will help finance the center and the activities.
The obstacle is the opposition of elected officials to the investment of tax money in those who have made a decision to leave, without taking into account the potential profit for the state from such an investment.
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