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News Briefs / Islamists / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Muslims in Israel: Statistics Bureau Releases Latest Data on Eve of Hajj

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

At the end of 2023, the Muslim population of Israel was estimated at 1.782 million, (18.1% of all residents).

Jerusalem

Ahead of Jerusalem Day, Population Tops 1 Million

By Yori Yalon

Housing construction in Israel's capital hit a new high in 2023.

Druze / News Briefs

As Druze Mark Holiday, Figures Show Tenfold Growth Since Israel’s Founding

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The holiday marks the anniversary of the death of the Biblical figure, Jethro, to who the Druze trace their ancestry.

Israel / News Briefs

Israel Has a Population of Almost 5 Million Women with an 85-Year Life Expectancy

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The average number of children that a woman in Israel is expected to give birth to during her lifetime (Total Fertility Rate) is 2.89, higher than the average in OECD countries, which is 1.58.

News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Judea and Samaria Jewish Population Up 15,000 in 2023

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

As of Jan. 1, there were 517,407 Jews living in the area (not including eastern Jerusalem).

Israel / News Briefs / Religion

Israel’s Christian Population Grew 1.3% in 2023

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel is the only country in the Middle East with a growing Christian population.

Israel / News Briefs

Israeli Population Pushes 10 Million as Jewish New Year Approaches

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The country’s population will reach 10 million by late 2024 and 16 million by 2048, the CBS said.

News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Israeli Settlement Population Up 16.5 Percent in Five Years

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A report projects that Jewish residents in Judea and Samaria will grow to more than 1 million by 2046.

Israel

Israel’s Population Stands at Nearly 9.5 Million Closing Out 2021

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics shared the numbers on Thursday and also noted that roughly 74 percent of Israel’s inhabitants are Jewish, 21 percent Arab and five percent are neither.

Israel / Interfaith Relations / Religion

Christian Population in Israel Grew by 1.4% in 2020

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Christian population in Israel and one of a few in the Middle East that is flourishing and not shrinking.

Featured / Israel / Holocaust

Current World Jewish Population Still Below Pre-Holocaust Numbers

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Prior to the murder of 6 million Jews between 1939 and 1945, some 16,600,000 were spread throughout the world. Today’s data indicates that there are currently 14,511,000 Jews on Earth, a number similar to that in 1922.

Featured / Sovereignty

Demography as an Instrument of Opposition

By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar

Why is the Coordinator of Government Activities in Judea and Samaria publishing the Palestinian CBO’s distorted and tendentious data, which adds more than a million and a quarter people to Palestinian demographics?

US / Politics / Gaza / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Reports Show 1 Million Gap Between Estimates on Number of 'Palestinians'

By JNi.Media

Whether Area C becomes part of Israel or is handed over to the PA, "we should know how many potential Arab citizens we'll have in the state."

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

On Eve of 2016 Israel Boasts Population of 8.5 Million

By JNi.Media

During the year an estimated 176,700 babies were born, 74% Jewish, 23% Arab and 4.4% “other.”

News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Report: Arab Demographic Time Bomb Stopped Ticking

By JNi.Media

The difference in birth rates between the Jewish and Arab populations have declined significantly over the last decade.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

4.8 Million Israelis Traveled Overseas in 2013

By Shalom Bear

With numbers like that, it's no wonder Israel never feels crowded.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

8.081 Million Citizens in Israel on Rosh HaShana Eve

By Jewish Press News Desk

On the eve of Rosh Hashana 5774, the population of the State of Israel stands at 8.081 million people.

Guest Blog

Disputed Territories: The Census of 1967

By Yaacov Lozowick

In Gaza, the Egyptian data from 1965 had about 100,000 additional people, or 25% more than the Israelis counted.

Israel / News Briefs / Holocaust

Israel’s 6 Million Jews Makes It Largest Jewish Center

By Jewish Press News Desk

The term “6 million” has chilling reminders of the Holocaust. Now that the number of Jews in Israel has reached that mark, the country is the largest Jewish center in the world.

My Right Word

Demographics in Proportion

By Yisrael Medad

If Israel can maintain itself with an Arab minority of 20%, "Palestine" can't be a state with 17% Jews?

Daniel Greenfield

Who Needs the Family

By Daniel Greenfield

When a civilization destroys its families, then it destroys itself.

My Right Word

A Negative Palestinian Migration Rate

By Yisrael Medad

Thirty thousand more Arabs left Judea and Samaria for Jordan than came into Israel.

Daniel Greenfield

How to Win the Demographic and Culture Wars

By Daniel Greenfield

Can American traditionalists quadruple their numbers in 40 years?

Jewish

Jews Less than 0.2% of World Population

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

According to a study by Hebrew University’s Professor Sergio DellaPergola, the global Jewish population reached 13.75 million in the past year, with an increase of 88,000 people. Israel’s Maariv newspaper published excerpts of the study last week, reporting that one out of every 514 people in the world is Jewish, less than 0.2 percent of mankind.

My Right Word

Jerusalem Demographics 1800-1922

By Yisrael Medad

On the issue of demographics, the numbers make things quite clear that even before modern Zionism began, the city was Jewish and only Muslim repressive policies artificially kept the numbers of Jews down before the mid-19th century.

Blogs

Confronting the Unpleasant Truth about Two States

By Vic Rosenthal

Survival of a Jewish state requires both geographical and demographic domination of the area between the river and the sea

Sultan Knish

When Governments Elect Another People

By Daniel Greenfield

Demographics is destiny. The left is reshaping countries to match its demographic targets. It is turning nations into one great gerrymandered district composed of populations that are more likely to support it. It is doing this using immigration, economics, social policy and every tool at its disposal. And if conservatives don't start understanding the demographic game of thrones, then they will lose the war.

Analysis

The One Jewish State Solution

By Jack Berger

The arrogant peace mongers, the ignorant purveyors of perversity, those that refused to acknowledge they were wrong refused to see that this was a war not peace – they, the disgusting peace pimps – shrouded in shame refused to admit they were wrong.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VI

By Ruchama Feuerman

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