https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/hkxobxhofg?tbref=hp
Nearly 1,400 physicians left Israel between 2023 and 2025; doctors abroad cite war, politics, education and career prospects, while senior specialists warn the loss of experienced physicians could weaken Israeli medicine for years
In August 2023, just two months before the outbreak of the war, Dr. Roi Sar-El, 43, and Dr. Muriel Sar-El, 41, left Israel with their three children and moved to Boston. Roi, a psychiatrist who worked at Ichilov Hospital, and Muriel, a dermatologist, moved to the United States as part of a planned step — both wanted to specialize in fields that are less developed in Israel, and today they work at hospitals affiliated with Harvard University. Unlike many who have left Israel in recent years, their decision was not driven by the war or the political climate. But life has a rhythm of its own. Their stay, which was supposed to last two years, has so far stretched to four — and the situation in Israel, they say, played a part.
“We left without any connection to the national situation, but as part of long-term career planning,” Roi told ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth. “But here we are, already in our fourth year. The period was extended, and of course the complex situation in Israel played a role in that. There was a sense that we were giving the children more time to grow up in a quiet and protected environment, knowing that afterward we would return to a full life in Israel, and that this was an opportunity that might not come again.”
As some point the doctor with the locker next to theirs in the hospital will put up a "Free Palestine!" sticker or their children's teacher will hold "a special discussion" on the "genocide in Palestine". They might come home after that.
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