In a video clip, MK Bezalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) refutes the claim that "no one wants to live here in Israel."
"Can someone please turn on the light in here?" Smotrich asked. "Everyone wants to live in Israel."
"My best friends immigrated to Israel a long time ago. They came home to Israel from Morroco, from Russia, from Algeria. They came from France, from Berlin, from the US. With them came tens of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, from both my generation and previous generations.
"More and more young people see Israel as their home. They can't think of a better place to live.
"Those who did not yet immigrate, are thinking about immigrating. Even if they haven't physically come yet, they're here with us in spirit. Their minds are in Israel, they're connected to Israel as if it were an earthly paradise.
"Look on Facebook. Housing costs are sky-high. Everyone wants to buy an apartment here. Even those who aren't yet immigrating, are buying apartments in Israel. They spend weeks or months here, every year.
"They dream of exit, and of the 'start-up nation,' they invest in Mobileye and other Israeli success stories.
"The rich people abroad send their children to learn here. They're not suckers. They want the best education possible.
"And if they're here anyways, they can stay another few years. Dad will pay their rent.
"Israeli youth, from all sectors of society, invest everything they have into leading Israel's economy, academia, and in other areas. They never even thought of getting a foreign passport. Their parents escaped Europe and north Africa. Will the children go back there?
"It's so good to live in Israel. We're a small country, with room for absolutely everyone. Leftists, rightists, Ashkenazic, Sephardic, religious, haredi, secular - we're all part of the amazing Israeli story.
"The best of our nation are willing to sacrifice so much for their country, and to receive lots of love in return.
"People believe in Israel.
"They believe in our beautiful land, in the amazing and moral society which we've built here. They believe in our economy and in our hi-tech, in our health system and in our educational system, in democracy and in civil and human rights.
"They believe, and they know that we'll last for a long, long time.
"So who will stay here in the end? ..... All of us, together.
"And until Israel turns into a complete paradise of peace and love, we will continue working determinedly to ensure that everyone who loves the State of Israel and wants Israel to do well, will feel at home here, in our good land."