I want to correct some misinformation in earlier posts about the number of Israelis with dual citizenship. The number of currently serving IDF soldiers with dual citizenship is 50,632, with 12,135 holding U.S. passports. According to scholarly research published in 2024: "The total number of dual citizens in Israel (with all countries) can be estimated at between 800,000 and 900,000–about 10% of the country’s population." The article said there were nearly 300,000 dual U.S.-Israeli citizens and about 380,000 with dual citizenship in Israel and an E.U. country. Herzog, Ben. "Exceptionalism and Comparability—Dual Citizenship in Israel after October 7th." Israel Studies, vol. 29 no. 1, 2024, p. 112-121. Project MUSE, https://dx.doi.org/10.2979/is.00011. The link to the article is: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/924729 See also: Yossi Harpaz, “Compensatory Citizenship: Dual Nationality as a Strategy of Global Upward Mobility,” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 45, no.6 (2019): 897–916; Yossi Harpaz and Ben Herzog, Report on Citizenship Law. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323895496_Compensatory_citizenship_dual_nationality_as_a_strategy_of_global_upward_mobility AI gives this answer when asked, "How many Israelis have dual citizenship?" The exact number of Israelis with dual citizenship is not officially published, but estimates suggest between 800,000 and 900,000, which represents about 10% of Israel’s population (approximately 9.9 million in 2024). Some sources, including law firms and academic research, indicate the number could be over 1 million when including all foreign citizenships. If any member has other sources for the number of Israelis with dual citizenship, please list them so we can compare.
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